Boosting a regular bicycle into a low-cost e-bike for public urban transportation

• Autores: Huatuco Villena, Victor Manuel, Motta Claudio, Julio Francisco, Portillo Mendoza, Pedro Miguel, Sotomayor Beltrán, Carlos Alberto
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2023
• Institución: Universidad Tecnológica del Perú
• Repositorio: UTP-Institucional
• Lenguaje: inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.utp.edu.pe:20.500.12867/7186
• Enlace del recurso: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12867/7186; https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V71I4P227
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Electric bicycle; Urban transportation; Electrical systems design; https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#2.02.01

The present work has the purpose of determining and implementing the optimal design to convert a conventional bicycle into an electric bicycle (e-bike) for public transport in order to help people to move around urban areas. The proposed e-bike is also affordable and meets the required standards and regulations. The design of the e-bike was carried out based on the mathematical model of a regular bicycle with the parameters for urban transport for its conversion into an electric bicycle. From this, the selection of components, mechanical upgrades, hardware and firmware designs was carried out. Finally, a data acquisition method for the tests was conducted. The results of the design parameters, the maximum motor assistance speed, the inclination control and the results against different slopes were obtained from these tests. Our results showed that, based on the incorporated control system, the necessary standards and regulations were met, hence, putting forward a low-cost e-bike as an alternative to public urban transportation.