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AMS sustainable food truck : technology assessment & energy management

University of British Columbia. Sustainability Office

The AMS at UBC has a goal to drastically reduce the Green House Gas emission in the next decade. For such manner, a sustainable food truck fits their purpose and the culture of the city of Vancouver. This project involves a simulation system as well as an energy management algorithm to predict the behaviour of the electrical system of the truck and to best suit its needs, considering all the equipment is powered by solar panels (as a primary source), fuel cells (secondary source) and a battery (back-up source). Also, the project includes the implementation of each subsystem and their integration to the point where the relevant data can be displayed on the screen. The user will be able to customize the simulations, choosing which subsystem will be turned on or off. Scenarios for the simulations were tested, such as a busy sunny day (during summer), providing enough data to state that the mobility system of the truck may not be supported by the sources. Moreover, unless the technologies for equipment and energy generation are well chosen, energy shortage might be expected in bad-case scenarios, such as a cloudy day. The results of these simulations will be used to create and design specifications of the truck's energy systems in future stages of the AMS Sustainable Food Truck project. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”

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University of British Columbia. VOL 400; UBC Social Ecological Economic Development Studies (SEEDS) Student Report

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library

10.14288/1.0108752

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Unreviewed

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