The proceedings of the JSME annual meeting
Online ISSN : 2433-1325
2007.3
Session ID : 0523
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0523 Development of the electric wheelchair which assumed a fuel cell a drive energy source
Katsuya NAGATAMasafumi KATSUTAKensuke NAKAMURAKentaro HIROSEYuji YAMAKAWA
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It is said that the electric wheelchair users want to expand their range but the technology of electric wheelchair doesn't meet their demands. So, in this research, we tried to improve the performance of the electric wheelchair by using fuel cells. We built up fuel cells hybrid system and decided what we use from experimental data. Then, we made up a new body of wheelchair which consists of CFRP panel. We created a prototype of the electric wheelchair which assumed a fuel cell a drive energy source and tested its running performance. The result showed that it had climbing ability of 10 degree and was enough to run local street.

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