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ELECTRICITY FROM

WALKING

By
Santhosh. R
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION....................................................................1

PRINCIPLE..............................................................................1

MATERIALS REQUIRED....................................................2

PROCEDURE..........................................................................2

CIRCUIT....................................................................................5

PHOTOS OF THE PROJECT.............................................5

RESULTS..................................................................................8

APPLICATIONS......................................................................8

REFERENCE............................................................................9
INTRODUCTION
Whenever we walk we waste our energy.
There are many ways to recover some of this
energy in the form of electricity. The easiest and the
space saving way is to produce electricity from
piezoelectric property of certain crystals.

PRINCIPLE
Piezoelectricity is the ability of some
materials to generate an electrical potential
response to applied mechanical stress. This may take
the form of a separation of electrical charge across
the crystal lattice. If the material is not short
circuited ,the charge induces a voltage across the
material. The word is derived from the Greek piezo
or piezein, which means to squeeze or press.

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MATERIALS REQUIRED

Piezoelectric transducers -as required for the area


1N4148 diodes-equal to the no. Of transducers
Cardboard-required size
wires-required
Multimeter-1
Crocodile or alligator clips with wires-2
Soldering iron-1
soldering wire
wire strippers
Insulated copper wire-a reel

PROCEDURE
The picture to the right is the first
prototype before building my project
It contains two sheets of cardboard
with a piezotransducer wired
between the two. The readings as I stamped on it
are pictured below,
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The pictures of the soldering on the piezoelectric
transducers are,

For the project first we have to arrange the piezoelectric


transducers on the cardboard and mark their places for
sticking on later.

Cut pieces of cardboard to a size larger than the transducers.

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Take a reel of insulated copper wire and mark the places and
strip off the enamel on the copper wire. Cover the stripped
piece of wire with solder.
Solder a end of diode with one of the electrodes of the
transducers. Join other electrodes of the transducers
commonly.

Connect the cathodes of all the


diodes together.

The connection of the diodes will act as a positive source and


the other wire connected commonly acts as a ground.

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CIRCUIT
To the circuit for

smoothing

Voltage stabilization
From piezoelectric and
AC to DC
transducer regulation

Step up to AC to run
Battery charging
appliances

PHOTOS OF THE PROJECT

Finished pictures

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The cardboard with transducers covered with a layer of
sponge.
The pictures of my project displayed in an SCIENCE FAIR are
below,

Me with my project,(the project is not displayed as it was put


on the floor)
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My project covered with a designed sheet .

The readings showing 13.93 Volt

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RESULTS
➔ The output power is directly proportional
to the pressure applied.
➔ No constant output is seen unless a high
frequency of stepping on it and off it is present.
➔ It has certain dis-advantages of heavy
weights or loads.
➔ When the area of the cells are increased
the power output is also increased.

APPLICATIONS
✔ Can be implemented in heavy crowded areas as
a type of floor.
✔ Can be implemented in the boots of the soldiers
and the power generated can be used for their
equipments and thus it reduces the load of
battery backups carried by the soldiers.
✔ Research has been going on by scientists for the
above mentioned item.
✔ It has been implemented in a disco in
Netherlands and in sub-ways in Japan.
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REFERENCE
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piezoelectricity

If you have any doubts regarding this project


please feel free to contact me at
santhoshramaraj@gmail.com

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