⏲ Brainstorming Dump
Idea | Notes |
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Coulomb Counting for capacity of battery | Will address the “How much energy left in the pack?” question. We could have rate of capacity decrease indicator. The difference between what we are getting from the sun and energy we are using. |
Predictive Performance | Based on our current state of charge, can forecast how our performance will adapt to present/future conditions? We could have a changing value of the steepest incline we could climb (this value will go down as the voltage of the pack decreases) |
Dashboard Monitoring Telemetry Data (tied to dashboard) | Similar to Telemetry monitoring, a dashboard is needed to monitor battery levels, changes, and conditions. Can we receive live data from the battery pack in an effici |
Battery Performance | Testing the battery’s reception to solar energy and optimizing performance/monitoring performance. Kinda broad but can help answer questions regarding cell placement, cell traction, battery optimization etc. |
Active cooling system optimization? | Decide whether we would rather crank up the fans or run the car at a lower speed (and rely more on passive cooling)? idrk how the fans work rn lol |
Solar Array Testing | Analyze the exact effects of weather conditions on the battery pack. Answer the following questions: “ How much energy do we receive from x weather condition? “ “ How much energy are we expected to receive from x future conditions “ “ What is the correlation of the efficiency of our cells and weather conditions? “ |
Optimizing performance | How can we increase/decrease speed or other conditions to use the battery power most optimally? Maybe some kind of code where we can input conditions and it tells us how fast we want to be driving or smth I think that is essentially the optimization project we wanna work on to find the optimal speed of the car in set time intervals🆒 . |
Solar Power Conversion | From theoretical energy to percentage in actually battery capacity. |
Battery Module Testing |
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Real-time energy calculation based on Lat-Lon | Calculate energy profile based on location and specific time of the day |
Battery Type Testing | IDK if applicable but testing of different battery brands? lol |