Design and Fabrication of Solar

Powered Food Truck

 Abdul Aziz Alfaraj
201401970
Advisor:  Fahad Alhamdan
Mr. Esam Jassim 201401464
 Abdullah Alfaraj
201502000
 Naif Alaydh
201402948
 Objectives
Background and Motivation
Design Constraints
Project Specification
Engineering Standards
Design Parameters
 Outline Conceptual Model
Theoretical Calculations
Design Specification
Experimental setup
Results
Conclusion
Future Recommendations

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 To use solar power to power the food truck
instead of conventional fuel
To produce higher power output electricity using
solar panel
To use amorphous solar panel to ensure the
highest quality output by offering high conversion
 Objectiv efficiency
es To optimize the weight and assembly of the solar
panel to allow complete strength to the system
To design a strong model to withstand high wind
pressure
To design environment friendly and economical
solar food truck

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 Proposed in support of saudi vision 2030
Hundreds of food trucks in saudi Arabia are
polluting our surrounding through carbon
waste
 Backgrou Solar panel installation will convert the solar
energy into electrical energy.
nd Food truck are depleting scarce fossil fuel
resources unnecessarily
This idea is already in promotion phase in
America
It is commercial way of promoting
environment friendly practices.

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 Install solar panels on the roof of truck in
such a way that quality solar energy is being
captured for longer period of the day
Design a model which is compact in size to
 Design avoid fall during heavy winds
Constrai Keeping weight of whole system under 200
nts kg the more the weigh the more power is
required to operate
Using low voltage appliance on solar power
Keeping 2 functional batteries on truck

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 Flexible Solar Panel Specifications
MODEL NO BSP 98-300
PMAX 300 watt @ 1000w/m2 , 25°C

 Project IPMAX
VPMAX
5.55A
54V
Specificati MAX SYSTEM VOLTAGE 1000V
ons OPERATING TEMPERATURE -40°C +85°C
JUNCTION BOX IP65 Rated
WEIGHT 4.0 kg
DIMENSION 1820*920*2.5mm

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 COMPONENTS ENGINEERING MATERIAL
STANDARDS

 Engineeri TIRE
TIRE RIM
ASTM F118
ASTM 569
Natural rubber NR
Q235 plain carbon
ng structural steel

standard STEERING WHEEL ASTM D7254 PP Plastic

s VIPER BLADES ASTM PIAA 95055 Super silicon

HEADLIGHTS ASTM G138 Tungsten halogen 
MOTOR ASTM 45 Steel

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 COMPONENTS DIMENSIONS
TIRE 500-12 Diameter 55cm, width 13 cm
STEERING WHEEL Diameter 35.3 mm
MOTOR Length is 1.8m with wheels
THE MOUNT HOLE 100 mm

 Design DISTANCE
AMORPHOUS SOLAR PANEL 1820 x 920 x 2.5 mm
Parameter
s APPLIANCES POWER
Dry BATTERY 12V- 44 Ah
BRUSHLESS DC MOTOR 60V / 3kw / 120° / 3 phase
COFFEE MAKER 800w
Kettle 800w
Toaster 700w

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 Initial
Conceptu
al Model
of Food
Truck

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 Power out of battery
Power output = current x voltage
P = IV
 Theoretic Capacity of DRYbattery
al Watt hour rating = Ampere hour rating
Calculati x voltage
ons Ah x V = Wh
Hypothetical calculation
44Ah x 12V = 528 Wh

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 Charging time of battery
 T=Ah / A
Hypothetical calculation for 120 Ah
Charging current for 120 Ah battery = 120 Ah x (10/100)
= 12 Amperes
 Theoretic Keeping the losses in mind we took 13 Amp for charging
al purpose then,
 Charging time for 120 Ah battery = 120 / 13 = 9.23 hrs.
Calculati  120 Ah x 40% of losses = 120 x (40 / 100) = 48
ons  120 Ah + losses = 120 + 48 = 168 Ah
 Charging Time of Battery = Ah / charging current
 12.92 = 168 / 13
 Charging time of battery = 13 hrs.
 So a 120Ah battery will take 13 hours to fully
charge
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 Discharging time of battery
Discharging time = Battery Ah x battery
 Theoretic volt / applied load
Hypothetical readings
al Battery Ah = 120 Ah Battery voltage = 12 V Applied load
Calculati = 100 watts

ons Discharging time = 120 Ah x 12 V / 100 W

Discharging time =12 Hrs.
After 40 % loss correction
12 x 40 / 100 = 4.8hrs.

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 CAD
Model of
Final
Prototyp
e

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 CAD Model
of Final
Prototype

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 CAD Model
of Final
Prototype

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 CAD Model
of
Amorphous
Solar Panel

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 COMPONENTS WEIGHT
BRUSHLESS DC MOTOR 8kgs
STEERING WHEEL 6k
STEERING COLUMN 15 kg
STEERING RACK 8kg
LITHIUM ION BATTERY 20 kg
CHARGE CONTROLLER 8 kg
 Design AMORPHOUS SOLAR PANEL 4 kg

Specificati HEADLIGHTS

WHEELS 4
8 kg
19 kg
ons WIPER 680 g
REAR AXLE 40 kg
FRONT AXLE 40 kg
BRAKE PEDAL 6 kg
UNDER PLATES 30 kg
SPEEDOMETER 5kg
COFFEE MAKER 1.4 kg
KETTLE 800 g
TOASTER 650 g 16
 Specifications:

 Category: Digital Multimeter

 Type: Handheld
 Accuracy: 3%
 Experimen  Voltage Range: 66 mVDC to 1000
tal Setup VDC, 660 mVAC to 750 VAC.
 Resistance Range: 660 mohms to
66 mOhms.
 Capacitance Range: 6.6 nF to 66
mF
 Frequency: 660 Hz to 66 MHz 17
 Charging time of
batteries:

• For two solar panels

 For five solar
As E for one panel is 300
w then panels
 Results
 
 



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 To find E storage capacity

 As for one battery:

 Results  

 Then for 5 batteries

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 Maximum speed Miles covered once
truck can achieve fully charged


 Results  
 
 Above T is calculated as
follows

 So, the maximum speed

in mph = 11.2

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 Time of charging with all electrical load
 The following table shows the power required by different
equipment installed in the truck and energy used in two hour
time.
  EQUIPMENT P T E

1. Coffee maker 800 w 2h 1600 w/h

Blender 300 w 2h 600 w/h
 Results
2.

3. Boiler 800 w 2h 1600 w/h

  Toaster 700 w 2h 1400 w/h
4.

  Total     5200 w/h

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 Solar power is an immense source of directly
useable energy but is not been utilized like it should
be
Small, limited kitchens with minor loads can be
powered by solar fairly easily with enough roof
 Conclusi space.
on There is vast scope of turning fuel based food truck
into solar powered food truck.
Lack of availability of parts needed for project in
Saudi Arabia and importing these parts is very
expensive.

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 With energy efficiency practices in food truck design
and hybrid integrated solar panel design successful
solar powered food trucks are possible.
Direct use of solar energy is the only renewable
means capable of ultimately supplanting current
Future global energy supply from non-renewable sources,
Recommenda but at the expense of  time, effort and money
tion Modifications in design like a sun tracking
automated solar panel may result in better quality
and performance of solar powered food truck.
Schools/ Universities should pay special attention in
teaching and promoting solar power as it is our
future energy.

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Thank you for your Attention

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