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Electricity Generation From Speed Breaker

This document proposes generating electricity from speed breakers. It aims to improve India's electricity situation in a small way. The objectives are to produce low-budget electricity using speed breakers, which require little floor area and do not obstruct traffic. The basic principle is to convert the mechanical energy of vehicles into electrical energy using a rack-pinion mechanism attached to a generator. This design was chosen for its mounting convenience and high efficiency compared to alternatives like crankshafts. While the initial output was low, the idea demonstrates generating electricity from speed breakers as a potential future scope with improved designs.

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Electricity Generation From Speed Breaker

This document proposes generating electricity from speed breakers. It aims to improve India's electricity situation in a small way. The objectives are to produce low-budget electricity using speed breakers, which require little floor area and do not obstruct traffic. The basic principle is to convert the mechanical energy of vehicles into electrical energy using a rack-pinion mechanism attached to a generator. This design was chosen for its mounting convenience and high efficiency compared to alternatives like crankshafts. While the initial output was low, the idea demonstrates generating electricity from speed breakers as a potential future scope with improved designs.

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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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