POWER GENERATION

FROM SPEED BREAKERS

By
Shyam Kumar G
 OVERVIEW
 Introduction
 Scope ,merit and use
 Construction details.
 Basic principle.
 Challenges faced.
 Future scopes.
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.
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.
Construction details:
 Initial experiments- DC motor as
Generator(electric dynamo).
 Spur gears
 Flywheel
 Shaft.
 Springs
 bearings
Electric dynamo
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
Crank shaft machanism
Crank shaft machanism
 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 machanism

Side view
 Roller mechanism has some different
disadvantages.

 Maintenance will be very difficult

 Might cause collision.
Rack and pinion machanism
 Rack-Pinion assembly gives good
mounting convenience
 Maximum gear losses– 3 to 5%
 Efficiency– 95%
Challenges we faced!!
 Selecting suitable generator.
 Selection of springs.
 Achieving proper balance of speed and
torque.
What we achieved???

 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.