Ressenyes

Obra ressenyada: Allan J. KUETHE y Kenneth J. ANDRIEN, The Spanish Atlantic World in the Eighteenth Century. War and the Bourbon Reforms, 1713-1796. Nueva York: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Smart-Cities urban mobility management architecture for electric vehicles

Improving efficiency is one of the most important objectives of the Smart Cities standards, and Electric Vehicles (EVs). TICS can help to soften one of their main limitations –autonomy– planning efficient driving strategies. This paper evaluates the physical variables that have an impact on the EV consumption and presents an electronic architecture to monitor them in an Experimental Ultralight Electric Vehicle. This system includes a set of very low cost sensors integrated with a data logger and a GPRS transmission system that can connect, in real time, with a control center where a route-finding reinforcement-learning algorithm that helps to find the most-effective route and reduce the time spent on urban environment tips.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Photovoltaic charging multi-station with modular architecture for Light Electric Vehicles

This paper deals with a modular architecture for recharging the batteries of light electric vehicles (LEVs) using a photovoltaic (PV) generator. The architecture is divided into two hierarchical levels. At the top level (master), a microcontroller tracks the maximum power point of the PV generator. This microcontroller executes a PID control algorithm whose output is the setpoint of the microcontrollers of the lower level. At the lower level (slaves) there is a microcontroller for each vehicle charging station. Each microcontroller controls the recharge current of the vehicle battery connected to the station by executing another PID control algorithm. The modular architecture allows the number of charging stations to be extended to 112. Other characteristics of the system are the automatic detection of the nominal voltage of the battery (it allows to recharge batteries of 24V, 36V or 48V, equally) and the inclusion of protection functions as battery overload or detection of not allowed batteriesUniversidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

Optimization of a low weight electronic differential for LEVs

It is presented a performance analysis of an Electronic Differential (ED) system designed for Light Electric Vehicles (LEVs). We have developed a test tricycle vehicle with one front steering wheel and two rear fixed units is a same axis with a brushless DC integrated in each of them. Each motor has an independent controller unit and a common Arduino electronic CPU based that can plan specific speeds for each wheels as curves are being traced. Different implementations of sensors (input current/torque, steering angle and speed of the wheels) are discussed related to hardware complexity, and performance obtained based on speed level requirements and slipping on the traction wheels.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

GPRS telemetry system for high-efficiency electric competition vehicles

It has been generated a complete wireless electronic telemetry system for experimental electric competition vehicles. Its purpose is to optimize the processes of monitoring, analysis and evaluation of this type of vehicles designed by multidisciplinary groups of engineers, scientists, professors and students belonging to universities or research centers. Participation in competitions allows testing relevant developments and innovations in this technical field under severe real usage conditions and the system proposed offers a tool for real-time monitoring that is vital to optimize these processes during tests and races.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech

El Programa Oportunidades y su aplicación en el noroeste de México

Los programas de atención a la pobreza en México tienen una característica común, y es que éstos han sido diseñados por el gobierno federal sin consultar a los gobiernos estatales y municipales, dejándoles únicamente la implementación de ciertas acciones. Tal situación afecta directamente al funcionamiento de los programas y sobre todo al impacto final de los beneficiarios; un claro ejemplo de esta situación es el programa oportunidades. Por tal motivo en el artículo se aborda esta problemática tomando el contexto urbano de una colonia del área metropolitana de Monterrey, Nuevo León, México. (A

Consolidation of an EV Project Based Learning program integrated within a complete Bachelor Engineering Degree

Proyecto docente para el aprendizaje de competencias fundamentales de la ingeniería a través del aprendizaje basado en un proyecto multianual y multidisciplinar coordinado sobre las asignaturas troncales de este tipo de grados. Los resultados obtenidos son del tipo docente, funcionales y científicos que han permitido fabricar varios modelos de vehículos eléctricos ligeros con los que se ha acudido a competiciones internacionales.Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech