FSAE REGENERATIVE BRAKING AND HARDWARE LOOP RIG 

Aidan Bowman (ME)
Isabella Graziolo (ME)
Ezra Sardes (ME)

Advised by Professor Dirk M. Luchtenburg

 

In the Formula SAE Electric Vehicle competition, students design, build, and race single seater formula-style cars. Two significant factors contributing to the overall score are efficiency and performance in a 22-km endurance event. To improve the Cooper Union Formula team’s score, we are implementing regenerative braking to recover kinetic energy during braking. We are developing a control system and Hardware in the Loop (HiL) test bench to interface with the motor dynamometer.

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