PROYECTOS > AUTO SOLAR EOLIAN 4 (2014)
PROYECTOS > AUTO SOLAR EOLIAN 4 (2014)
The EOLIAN project began in 2007, the first solar vehicle built in Latin America. After this experience, in 2011 EOLIAN2, which also participated in the World Solar Challenge and the Atacama Solar Race was built. The year 2012 improved EOLIAN2 to be renamed EOLIAN3 vehicle also took part in the Atacama Solar Race. In all versions of the solar car, it was built as a race car for a passenger and the specific requirements for the competence of Australia (battery bank, type of engine, interior requirements, etc). With the experience gained from constructing previous vehicles, the 2014 building EOLIAN4, a solar vehicle specially designed for two passengers to travel on the roads and their particular Chilean mountainous geography projects can be driven by anyone capable of operating a vehicle conventional. EOLIAN 4 will be the first solar vehicle built tandem in Latin America which take part in the Atacama Solar Race and then will travel just over 2000km from Arica, the northernmost city of Chile to Santiago, the capital only energy from the sun. The Project: As head of the design area of the Centre for Energy, I was assigned the task of leading the construction of EOLIAN4. This time I have been supervising the project in the electrical field, mechanical and design itself, contacting suppliers worldwide for various latest materials used in the car, and managing the funds necessary to carry out the project. As part of the work, as a team we have developed research in the encapsulation of solar cells, the use of natural fibers with the interior space as a replacement for fiberglass, and a bank of batteries electrically and thermally efficient, among many others. EOLIAN is a project that has developed specific lines of research in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and industrial design; functions as a training space for students from these three disciplines, who work in teams combined and allows them to interact with each other in interdisciplinary teams; and serves as the dissemination of renewable energy and learning, presenting the project conferences, schools, and fairs, where the general public can approach such initiatives.