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.
A large amount of energy is wasted at the speed breakers
through friction, every time a vehicle passes over it.

Scope 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
Mechanism: Roller mechanism



Working Principle
It works on the principle that when a moving vehicle
passes through this set up, the kinetic energy of vehicle
will cause roller to rotate which will further rotate
transmission shaft and hence the generator armature
(i.e. acting as prime mover to run generator).
When a vehicle passes over a speed bump it rotates
the roller.
Roller rotates due to friction between wheel and roller.
It is like sliding action but due to mounting of roller in a
fixed place doesnt allow the roller to move forward or
backward.
It rotates only in its own position because of bearing is
attached to both end.
Roller movement causes the shaft of the generator to
rotate by the help of chain drive (1:5 speed ratios).
The shaft will rotate with certain R.P.M. roller shaft are
connected through a chain drive to the dynamos,
which converts the mechanical energy into electrical
energy. The conversion will be proportional to traffic
density.
Chain drive is used to avoid slipping.
As the shaft of generator rotates, it produces electricity.




Advantages
Low Budget electricity production, less floor area, no
obstruction to traffic, easy maintenance, suitable at
parking of multiplexes, malls, toll booths, signals, etc.
Charging batteries and using them to light up the
streets, etc.
Pollution free power generation.
Simple construction, mature technology, and easy
maintenance.
No manual work necessary during generation.
Energy available all year round.
No fuel transportation problem.
No consumption of any fossil fuel which is non-
renewable source of energy.
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.


























Out put graphs:
VOLTAGE GENERATED (VS) SPEED OF VEHICLE:
Speed of vehicle
(km\hr)
Voltage generated
(volts)
10 7.93
20 6.28
30 5.03
40 4.66
50 3.03

VOLTAGE GENERATED (VS) LOAD:
Speed of vehicle=10km/hr
Load(kgs)
60
Generated Voltage (V)
60 8.33
130 9.45
170 10.22
200 11.23
270 11.81


Conclusion:
The existing source of energy such as coal, oil etc may not be
adequate to meet the ever increasing energy demands.
These conventional sources of energy are also depleting and
may be exhausted.
It is an non conventional type of producing the energy. This
project is a one step to path of exploring the possibilities of
energy from several non-conventional energy sources .