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Electricity Generation From Speed Breaker

This document describes a project to generate electricity from speed breakers. The objectives are to produce low-budget electricity using the potential energy of vehicles passing over speed bumps. A rack-pinion mechanism is used to convert the vertical motion into rotational motion to drive a generator. Challenges included selecting a suitable generator and achieving the proper balance of speed and torque. While the electrical output was low, the project demonstrated converting the kinetic energy of vehicles into electricity through a speed breaker generator. Future work could scale it up for heavy vehicles to increase power generation.

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Electricity Generation From Speed Breaker

This document describes a project to generate electricity from speed breakers. The objectives are to produce low-budget electricity using the potential energy of vehicles passing over speed bumps. A rack-pinion mechanism is used to convert the vertical motion into rotational motion to drive a generator. Challenges included selecting a suitable generator and achieving the proper balance of speed and torque. While the electrical output was low, the project demonstrated converting the kinetic energy of vehicles into electricity through a speed breaker generator. Future work could scale it up for heavy vehicles to increase power generation.

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ELECTRICITY

GENERATION FROM SPEED


BREAKER
Introduction:
 Is anyone happy with current situation of
electricity in India???
 So, this is our small step to try to improve
this situation by our project.
 First of all what does electricity mean to
us???
 Electricity- secondary source of energy i.e.
converted from other sources.
 We need it for every small thing, still notice
it’s importance only during load shedding.
 OBJECTIVES:
 “Shaping Imagination”
 “Electricity”-Need of the hour
Scope, Merits and Uses
 Low Budget electricity production
 Less floor area
 No obstruction to traffic
 Easy maintenance
 Suitable at parking of multiplexes, malls,
toll booths, signals, etc.
 Uses: Charging batteries and using them
to light up the streets, etc.
BASIC PRINCIPLE:
 Simple energy conversion from
Mechanical to Electrical.
 To generate electricity using the vehicle
weight (potential energy) as input
 Possible using 3 different mechanisms:
I. Crank-shaft mechanism
II. Roller mechanism
III. Rack- Pinion mechanism
Why Rack- Pinion mechanism??

 Crank-shafts are required to be mounted on


bearings which creates balancing problem
leading to mechanical vibrations which in turn
damage the bearings.
 Secondly as bearings are of sliding type, any
occurrence of variable load( which is bit
obvious in case of vehicles!!) leads to balancing
problem.
 Roller mechanism has some different
disadvantages.

 Maintenance will be very difficult


 Might cause collision.
 What we did???

 Rack-Pinion assembly gives good


mounting convenience
 Maximum gear losses– 3 to 5%
 Efficiency– 95%
Construction of generator:
 Initial experiments- DC motor as
Generator
 How is electricity generated???
 Basic principle of generation of electricity.
 What we did???
Challenges we faced!!
 Selecting suitable generator.
 Selection of springs.
 Achieving proper balance of speed and
torque.
What we achieved???
 We LEARNT a lot.
 Constructed our own generator by
applying the basic principle.
 Although we got less electrical output, we
have successfully explained our idea of
generating electricity from speed breaker.
Future Scope:
 Such speed breakers can be designed for
heavy vehicles, thus increasing input
torque and ultimately output of generator.
 More suitable and compact mechanisms
to enhance efficiency.

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