Implementation and Testing of a Solar-Powered Electric Cart
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This paper relates to the construction and testing of a solarpowered golf cart and the future incorporation of a fuel cell system to the existing solar cart. The prototype built in 2004 [fig 1] proved to be very successful. The combination of unique features such as the tracking of the sun resulted in the increase of output power with respect to other solar carts. In addition, the cart turns into a small power generator when is needed. This can be used to supply energy to en emergency load in case of a natural disaster. The cart can also be used as a maintenance cart. Utility tools such as hedge trimmers can be run off the cart, or simply be charged from the cart. Figure 1. Solar cart built at FAU in 2004
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