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POWER GENERATION USING SPEED BREAKERS
ABSTRACT
This project harvests energy from speed breaker by making gear arrangement and
using
electronics gadgets. Large amounts amount of electricity can be generated saving lot
of
money. And if implemented will be very beneficial for Government.
When vehicle is in motion it produces various forms of energy like, due to friction
between vehicle’s wheel and road i.e. rough surface HEAT Energy is produced, also
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use of….OR directly we can say that all this energy that we can’t make use of is just
INTRODUCTION:
the
WASTAGE OF ENERGY that is abundantly available around us. In this project we are
just trying to make use of such energy in order to generate an ELECTRICAL ENERGY.
An energy
This project crisis
will work onisthe
any great bottleneck
principle (or price
of “POTENTIAL rise) in
ENERGY TOthe supply of energy
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resources to an economy.
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energy generated by a
vehicle
Crisis that currently exist include; • Oil price increases since 2003 - Cause: increasing
going up on a speed breaker into kinetic energy. When the vehicle moves over the
demand from the
inclined plates, U.S and
it gains China,
height the falling
resulting state ofin
in increase the U.S. dollar,
potential and which
energy, stagnation
is of
wasted in due to the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Iraq is #3 in the world (besides Saudi
production
a conventional rumble strip When the breaker come down, they crank a lever fitted to
a
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its oil reserves. However someconverter).
observers have
ratchet-wheel type (a angular motion This instated the global
turn rotates a
oil
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production peak occurred in December 2005. If this is correct it is also to blame. •
shaft loaded with recoil springs. The output of this shaft is coupled to a dynamo to
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convert Asia energy
kinetic energycrisis,
intocaused by abnormally
electricity. cold temperatures
A vehicle weighing and low
1,000 kg going up a water
height
levels
of
in an area dependent on hydroelectric power •
10 cm on such a rumble strip produces approximately 0.98 kilowatt power. So one
such
speed-breakerSouthon a busy
Africanhighway, where
electrical crisisabout 100 for
Solution vehicles
Energypass every
Crisis NEXTminute,
time on
about one
kilo watt of electricity can be produced every single
the roads, don’t scoff at the speed-breakers. They could actually light up small
minute.
villages
off the highway. This project is about GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY with the
“A vehicle weighing 1,000 kg going up a height of 10 cm on such a rumble
SPEED BREAKERS. Generally when vehicle is in motion it produces various forms of
strip produces approximately 0.98 kilowatt power. So one such speed-breaker on a
energy like, due to friction between vehicle’s wheel and road i.e. rough surface HEAT
busy highway, where about 100 vehicles pass every minute, about one kilo watt of
Energy is produced, also when vehicle traveling at high speed strikes the wind then
electricity can be produced every single minute. The figure will be huge at the end
also
heat energy is produced which is always lost in environment and of which we can’t
of
make
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Das says a storage module like an inverter will have to be fitted to each such
rumble strip to store this electricity. The cost of electricity generation and storage
per
mega watt from speed-breakers will be nearly Rs 1 crore as opposed to about Rs 8
crore in thermal or hydro power stations.
Next time on the roads, don't scoff at the speed-breakers. They could actually
light up small villages off the highway.An amateur innovator in Guwahati has
developed
a simple contraption that can generate power when a vehicle passes over a speed
breaker.
Kanak Gogoi, a small time businessman, has developed a mechanism to generate
power
by converting the potential energy generated by a vehicle going up on a speed
breaker
into kinetic energy. The innovation has caught the eye of the Indian Institute of
Technology (iit), Guwahati, which will fund a pilot project to generate electricity from
speed-breakers.
The idea is basic physics. Gogoi has welded five-metre-long metal plates into
the
speed-breaker instead of the conventional bitumen-and-stone-chip rumble strip. The
plates are movable and inclined with the help of a spring-loaded hydraulic system.
The
fulcrum-attached plates are pushed down when a vehicle moves over them and
bounce
back to original position as it passes.
"When the vehicle moves over the inclined plates, it gains height resulting in
increase in potential energy, which is wasted in a conventional rumble strip," Gogoi
says.
"When the plates come down, they crank a lever fitted to a ratchet-wheel type
mechanism. This in turn rotates a geared shaft loaded with recoil springs. The output
of
this shaft is coupled to a dynamo to convert kinetic energy into electricity," he
explains.
IIT Guwahati has evaluated the machine and recommended it to the Assam
ministry of power for large scale funding. A K Das, a professor at iit's design
department
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The Assam power ministry is expected to back the iit pilot project.
Das says a storage module like an inverter will have to be fitted to each such
rumble strip to store this electricity. The cost of electricity generation and storage per
mega watt.
BASIC PRINCIPLES:
simple energy conversion from mechanical to electrical.
to generate electricity using the vehicle kinetic energy as
input
we can develope electricity from speed breakers
they are using 3 different mechanisms:
I. Roller mechanism
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ROLLER MECHANISM:
A roller blind mechanism for winding and unwinding a rollable blind, the
mechanism comprising a support element, a drive sprocket which is rotatably
mounted on
the support element for transmitting rotational movement to a blind supporting
member,
and a manually-movable elongate flexible drive element which includes a plurality of
interlinked tooth-engaging elements, the drive sprocket including a plurality of
flexible
teeth engagable with the tooth-engaging elements of the flexible drive element.
A roller blind mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein a radial extent of the teeth of
the
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A roller blind mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein the teeth of the drive
sprocket flex in a circumferential direction of the sprocket.
GY that is abundantly available around us. In this project we are just trying to make use of such energy in
order to generat
Rack and pinion gears normally change rotary motion into linear motion, but
sometimes we use them to change linear motion into rotary
motion.
CRANKSHAFT MECHANISM:
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Side View
Top View
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In the present scenario power becomes major need for human life. Due to
energy of the shaft through rack and pinion mechanism. This shaft is connected to
the
electric dynamo and it produces electrical energy proportional to traffic density. This
generated power can be regulated by using zenor diode for continuous supply .All this
mechanism can be housed under the dome like speed breaker, which is called
hump.
The generated power can be used for general purpose like streetlights, traffic
signals. The electrical output can be improved by arranging these power humps in
series
this generated power can be amplified and stored by using different electric devices.
The
maintenance cost of hump is almost nullified. By adopting this arrangement, we can
KEY WORDS:
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INTRODUCTION:
In the present scenario power becomes the major need for human life .The
availability and its percapita consumptions is regarded as the index of national
standard
of living in the present day civilization. Energy is an important input in all the sectors
of
any countries economy. Energy crisis is due to two reasons, firstly the population of
the
world has been increased rapidly and secondly standard of living of human beings
has
increased. India is the country, which majorly suffers with lack of sufficient power
generation. The capital energy consumption of U.S.A. is about 8000 K.W.H., where as
per INDIA is only 150 K.W.H. U.S.A. with 7% of world population consumes 32% of
total power generation where as INDIA as developing country with 20% of world
population consumes only 1% of total energy consumed in the
world.
The availability of regular conventional fossil fuels will be the main sources for
power generation, but there is a fear that they will get exhausted eventually by the
next
few decades. Therefore, we have to investigate some approximate, alternative, new
sources for the power generation, which is not depleted by the very few
years.
Another major problem, which is becoming the exiting topic for today is the
pollution. It suffers all the living organisms of all kinds as on the land, in aqua and in
air.
Power stations and automobiles are the major pollution producing places. Therefore,
we
have to investigate other types of renewable sources, which produce electricity
without
using any commercial fossil fuels, which is not producing any harmful
products.
There are already existing such systems using renewable energy such as solar
wind), OTEC (ocean thermal energy conversions) etc…for power generation. The
latest
technology which is used to generate the power by such renewable energy is the”
POWER HUMP”.
WORKING PRINCIPLE:
While moving, the vehicles possess some kinetic energy and it is being
wasted.
This kinetic energy can be utilized to produce power by using a special arrangement
called POWER HUMP. It is an Electro-Mechanical unit. It utilizes both mechanical
technologies and electrical techniques for the power generation and its storage.
POWER
HUMP is a dome like device likely to be speed breaker.
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Whenever the vehicle is allowed to pass over the dome it gets pressed
downwards
then the springs are attached to the dome are compressed and the rack which is
attached
to the bottom of the dome moves downward in reciprocating motion. Since the rack
has
teeth connected to gears, there exists conversion of reciprocating motion of rack into
rotary motion of gears but the two gears rotate in opposite direction. A flywheel is
mounted on the shaft whose function is to regulate the fluctuation in the energy and
to
make the energy uniform. So that the shafts will rotate with certain R.P.M. these
shafts
are connected through a belt drive to the dynamos, which converts the mechanical
energy
into electrical energy. The conversion will be proportional to traffic
density.
Whenever an armature rotates between the magnetic fields of south and north
poles, an E.M.F (electro motive force) is induced in it. So, for inducing the E.M.F
armature coil has to rotate, for rotating this armature it is connected to a long shaft.
By
rotating same e.m.f, is induced, for this rotation kinetic energy of moving vehicles is
utilized. The power is generated in both the directions; to convert this power into one
way
a special component is used called zenor diode for continuous supply. All this
mechanism
can be housed under the dome, like speed breaker, which is called HUMP. The
electrical
output can be improved by arranging these POWER HUMPS in series. This generated
power can be amplified and stored by using different electrical
devices.
CONSTRUCTION DETAILS:
SPUR GEAR
FLY WHEEL
BEARINGS
SHAFT
SPRINGS
ELECTRIC DYNAMO
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A dome is mounted on four springs and in the bottom, a rack is clamped. The
rack consists contact teeth on both the faces. It is connected to two gear wheels to
rotate
the gear wheels only in one direction. We have inserted a free wheel in each gear.
The
free wheel and the gear assembly are mounted centrally. The flywheel is also
mounted on
the same shaft and the shaft is simply supported at the both ends by means of ball
bearings. Now a dynamo is connected to each shaft by belt drive. The output terminal
of
dynamo is connected to an electrical storing device. The total assembly is arranged in
concrete pit.
S.NO NAME OF THE MATERIAL USED QUANTITY
COMPONENT
5 SPRINGS CHROME- 4
VANADIUM
ALLOY STEEL
CHROMIUM
STEEL
7 ELECTRIC ____ 2
DYNAMO
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RACK:
Its primary function is to convert translatory motion into rotary motion. It must
have higher strength, rigidity and resistance to shock load and less wear and
tear.
SPUR GEAR:
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FLY WHEEL:
FIRST LAW:
SECOND LAW:
The magnitude of induced e.m.f is equals to the rate of change of
flux.
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CONCLUSION:
kinetic energy of the vehicles can be used to produce mechanical power in shafts and
this
mechanical power is once again converted into electrical
energy.
As it does not utilize any external source, and traffic will never be reduced,
these power humps are more reliable, and have more life than any other power
source. It
is also feasible from the customer point of view as follows.
The total installation cost of the hump is 6000 rupees.
Total cost = 6000 rupees
Say with improvements in design it can glow 5 streetlights of 40-watt capacity,
which will consume 2.7 K.W.H. per day.
For t years electricity bill will be 2986.5*t
T=2years
i.e. the consumer will be repaid his investment with in 2 years period. From
this
onwards, there will be no investment and free of cost. The life of POWER HUMP is
estimated to be 6 years. So the customer will get free power generation for 4 years
period.
But the major drawback of this POWER HUMP is design of springs. When
we have less traffic and there is difficulty in design of springs also the generation of
power is intermittent, we have to smooth out this
variations.
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MECHANISM:
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mechanism
Conclusion:for the development of the small amount of electricity. the electricity
saves
on the battery storage unit .the crank shaft mechanism is regained its previous
position
vice versa..
As day by day power consumption increases but electric crisis occur. So
the
minor needs of electricity such as street lights and traffic sigals can be generated
from
speed breakers. Instead of wasting kinetic energy of vehicles at speed breakers the
Advantages:
minor
needs can be met bt converting kinetic energy to electrical
Low budget electricity production
energy.
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
Disadvantages:
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