Electricity Generation and Smart Battery Charging Using Wind Turbines in Moving Vehicles

Year 2025, Volume: 9 Issue: 4, 560 - 567, 31.12.2025

Hüseyin Gürbüz , Nurullah Akgün

https://doi.org/10.30939/ijastech..1751960

Abstract

Although electric vehicles offer increased user comfort, the range limitation remains one of their most significant challenges, primarily due to battery capacity. Moreover, for electric vehicles—classified as zero-emission—it is crucial that the electricity used originates from renewable energy sources. In this study, electricity was generated using wind energy while the vehicle was in motion, enabling the batteries to be charged during operation. This approach aims to reduce charging time and extend the vehicle's range. A wind turbine was mounted on the front bumper of a sedan-type vehicle used for the experiments, without altering the total frontal projection area. The tests were conducted along the same route, in both directions, under windy conditions with wind speeds of 1 m/s. It was observed that energy production was more efficient when the wind blew against the direction of the vehicle's motion compared to when it came from behind. As the vehicle speed increased, the rotational speed of the wind turbine also increased, resulting in greater energy generation. The AC voltage generated by the wind turbine, which varied due to changes in load and vehicle speed, was rectified and stabilized at approximately 18V DC by the battery charging control unit, allowing the batteries to be charged at all vehicle speeds.

Keywords

AC-DC conversion , Battery charging system , Electric energy , Electric vehicles , Wind turbine

Ethical Statement

No ethics committee approval is required.

Supporting Institution

Acknowledgment This work was supported by The Scientific and Techno-logical Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBITAK) under Project No. 1919B012208652.

Project Number

1919B0122086522

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