Development of Energy Measurement System for Electrical Vehicle Battery Using Arduino

Abstract

AbstractAutomobile sectors are shifting toward battery-powered electric vehicles from of fuel-based vehicles. Major drawbacks of fuel based vehicles are air pollution, sound pollution and uneven hike in petrol–diesel’s prices. These tend the automobile sector to an alternate solution as electrical vehicles. The battery-based vehicles are free from air and sound pollution. The electric battery supplies energy to electrical motor, tends to move the vehicle. The existing e-bike and e-car are using diverse types of battery as source of power. Varieties of batteries have been used in electrical vehicle. The operating DC voltage and current in EVs are generally high, so an efficient system is required for current, voltage, power, and energy measurement. Present work is to create an electrical energy measurement device, which measures instantaneous voltage, current and power consumed, which is apparently supplied by the electrical battery. The voltage Arduino-based measurement system is used to acquire electrical variables with the help of arrangement of voltage sensor and current sensors. In addition, a temperature measurement sensor is used to measure battery temperature as a safety parameter. All electrical and physical variables are displayed on LCD screen, also can be used for further recording and analysis.KeywordsEV batteryCurrent sensorVoltage sensorEnergy measurementArduino