Yee-Pien YangHsin-Chih LinFeng-Chou TsaiChun-Tien LuKai-Hsiang TuYEE-PIEN YANG2021-11-042021-11-04201217518660https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/586371https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84864373483&doi=10.1049%2fiet-epa.2011.0334&partnerID=40&md5=83c51cfdf09bfa4296d53e4b923291cbThis study presents the design and integration of dual power wheels for a novel powered wheelchair driven by rim motors. Each power wheel is composed of a power train of a rim motor, drive, hybrid electromagnetic brake and battery bank. The installation of dual power wheels turns a manual foldable wheelchair into a powered wheelchair. The multifunctional optimisation design of two critical components, the rim motor and hybrid electromagnetic brake, is first introduced. A driving strategy is then proposed for the wheelchair with a stable soft-starting control, dual-wheel differential speed control, three-phase short-circuit brake control and magnetic particle brake control. The experimental results show that the novel powered wheelchair has better power economy than most commercial products in terms of driving range. © 2012 The Institution of Engineering and Technology.Battery banks; Brake control; Commercial products; Critical component; Driving range; Driving strategy; Dual power; Electromagnetic brakes; Magnetic particle; Optimisations; Power wheels; Powered wheel chairs; Brakes; Design; Vehicles; Wheels; Wheelchairsjournal article2-s2.0-84864373483