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Designing a Powerful 48V 3KW Electric Vehicle

Last Updated on March 26, 2022 by Swagatam 15 Comments

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The post explains a few important parameters related to the making of  a 48V 3KW electric vehicle using solar panel, including a full fledged circuit diagram for the same. The idea was requested by Mr. Sreejith.

Circuit Objectives and Requirements

I am Sreejith Rajan a b.tech student doing a project on electric vehicle as the course project. In my project total load the electric motor has to drive is taken as 900kg including passengers.

So for that a 48V 3kW bldc motor is chosen and the total load current requirement for 5 hours of operation is 400Ah. I have some questions which are as shown below:

1) Does four 48V 100Ah Li battery connected in parallel meet requirement? Is there any other alternative methods? (to reduce the cost and meet this requirements)(How should I select the batteries?)

2) The batteries should be charged by both solar and grid charging. I have got a circuit (Arduino controlled) for charging 12V battery using solar only.

What changes should be made to that circuit for charging 48V batteries?

3) How to add a rectifier circuit with this solar charging circuit so that I can charge the battery using grid power also. (230V AC supply)

4) Is making both circuit in one charge controller possible?

48V 3kW Electric Vehicle Design

1) A 3kW motor could draw as high as 3000/48 = 62 amps at full load. Therefore to run the motor continuously at this rate would require a battery capable of supplying around 60 amps continuosly for at least 5 hours. Which implies that the battery would need to be rated at approximately 60 x 5 = 300AH if it's a Li-ion battery.

In case a Lead acid battery is employed, the rating would need to be much higher at around 60 x 5 x 10 = 3000AH, because a lead acid battery is ideally recommended to be discharged at 1/10th of its AH rating.

Thus if a Li-ion Battery is used for the purpose, 4 fully charged batteries rated at 100AH each in parallel would be sufficient and quite capable of doing the job efficiently.

2) A 12V charger cannot be used for charging a 48V battery, and a 12V solar panel is neither recommended for the application.

The correct method would be to use a 60V solar panel for charging a 48V battery, rated at minimum 30 amps, and same may be employed for the grid based charger specs.

3) A simple 50 amp diode connected with the positives of the two charger counterparts would be enough to isolate the two sources from each other yet charge the battery in tandem with a common positive from their cathodes.

4) Yes it is possible, the solar panel could be exploited thoroughly while the vehicle is ued in open sunshine, this would enable a slow discharge for the battery and also allow quick charging while the vehicle is idle and not operational.

The complete circuit diagram for the proposed 48V 3kW solar electric vehicle can be witnessed in the following diagram:

The details of the various pinout functions of the above design can be learned from the following pdf link as presented by TEXAS INSTRUMENTS

https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/drv8307.pdf?ts=1634813955931

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  1. Sanjay says

    February 11, 2022 at 7:44 pm

    Namaste Sir
    UTL 48 v charger ka cerquite diagram de Sir

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      February 11, 2022 at 8:26 pm

      Hello Sanjay, sorry, yeh circuit nahi hai mere pas.

      Reply
      • Shubham Prakash says

        February 16, 2022 at 6:55 pm

        Hello Sir can you please help me to design 4.5kw motor. Else Please guide me to hire any engineer to design this. Thank you very much.

        Reply
        • Swagatam says

          February 17, 2022 at 9:41 am

          Hello Shubham, sorry, designing a motor is a mechanical subject, which can be difficult for me to explain.

          Reply
  2. Manish says

    May 12, 2020 at 12:03 pm

    charging my electrical wihecal not working it’s specifications as 48v/3A, problem in switching ckt. A 8pin smd ic used for that, no is not readable.can u give support.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      May 12, 2020 at 1:26 pm

      Sorry, it can be impossible to guess the IC with its number obscured.

      Reply
  3. Omkar Joshi says

    April 23, 2020 at 8:45 pm

    Hi,

    I am working on a couple of project of wireless charging for 48V 3KW and 22KW Electric Vehicle. I tried to reach you over phone to discuss regarding the same. Please let me know when we can have a detailed conversation. I have already gone through links below. Please let me know, if you can help. Thank you.
    https://www.homemade-circuits.com/make-this-48v-automatic-battery-charger/
    https://www.homemade-circuits.com/48v-solar-battery-charger-circuit-with/
    https://www.homemade-circuits.com/make-this-electric-scooterrickshaw/

    Regards,

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      April 24, 2020 at 9:41 am

      Hi, sorry I am not available on phone, you can get in touch through comment discussion.

      Reply
      • Omkar Joshi says

        April 27, 2020 at 2:13 am

        Hi,

        As I mentioned I am working on a couple of project of wireless charging at 48V @ 3KW and 22KW Electric Vehicle. I have already gone through links above. Please let me know if you can provide any references (circuit design, application notes etc). Thank you.

        Reply
        • Swagatam says

          April 27, 2020 at 6:15 pm

          Wireless charging is a complex circuit and needs to be perfectly optimized for resonance. I have posted the basic design in the following which you can try on a work bench, and check whether you are able to optimize the resonance to its maximize levels. You will need an oscilloscope to confirm the resonance level.

          https://www.homemade-circuits.com/high-current-wireless-battery-charger/

          Reply
          • Omkar Joshi says

            April 28, 2020 at 4:32 am

            Hi,

            Thank you for the reference. I will need to scale this project for high power. I would appreciate, if you can send new information regarding scale up.

            Reply
            • Swagatam says

              April 28, 2020 at 10:10 am

              Hi, you will have to first build the small scale version and confirm its working efficiency. If everything goes fine then you an upgrade it by modifying the coil wire gauge and the transistor specifications.

              Reply
            • Omkar Joshi says

              April 28, 2020 at 2:34 pm

              Thank you

              Reply
  4. Shashi Kiran says

    October 3, 2019 at 1:54 pm

    Thanks for sharing your circuit here in this article.
    Much needed in times like today.
    I found your site quite informational and useful circuits.

    Keep Sharing.

    Reply
    • Swagatam says

      October 3, 2019 at 5:36 pm

      You are most welcome, I am glad you liked my site!

      Reply

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