Hyderabad: The college students of KL Deemed University right here have developed a singular electrical bike with wi-fi charging expertise. The revolutionary prototype was developed by a workforce of six like-minded third and 4th yr college students from the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department of KL College of Engineering together with a couple of college alumni members. The e-bike developed by the workforce at KLU permits folks to journey at a most pace of 55 kmph with a charging capability that may cowl between 85 and 100 km in customary situations in a single recharge that takes 5 hours.
The charging expertise is coupled with the programmable cell balancing function that releases most battery potential for a long-lasting cost. The e-bike has futuristic options, together with cell balancing and wi-fi charging, that are solely accessible in a couple of locations around the globe. The workforce developed the preliminary idea and prototype utilising their free entry to the labs and testing amenities supplied by the college, which additionally has campuses in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
The workforce retrofitted an present bike and modified it right into a prototype for e-bikes with wi-fi charging. The workforce carried out a number of variations within the design of the bike which embody incorporating the BLDC motor (Brushless DC electrical motor) to gear modules by the controller. The college has supplied a grant of Rs 1.40 lakh to the workforce to incubate this challenge thought as a startup.
"While the whole faculty appreciates the passion and the hard work of these students, we reiterate the vision of the university to focus on research and innovation for the long-term benefits of the students as well as the country," stated Koneru Satyanarayana, President, KL Deemed University.
"We got interested in building prototypes and participating in competitions from our first year itself. The lab-based projects at the KL University provided a strong foundation on working with the components, measurements, machines, and power electronics," stated M. Satyardha Pravashik, a B.Tech last yr scholar, who was half of the workforce that developed the e-bike.
Other workforce members who have been half of the challenge have been Charan Sai Tiruvuri, Sandeep, Kireeti Polasi, S. Lokesh Babu, V. Sai Praveen, all college students from the B. Tech EEE 2017 batch, and K. Yashwanth Sai, who's an alumni of the EEE division.
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