THE DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEEIRNG

SWEDISH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLGY, RAHIM YAR KHAN

Project topic
Design of energy harvesting demonstration
system from suspension of car

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SWEDISH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLGY, RAHIM YAR KHAN

OBJECTIVES

• Considerable only 10-16% of fuel energy is used to actually

drive vehicles to overcome the resistance from road and air
drug.
• To recover energy otherwise dissipated in suspension vibration
• The design can work as controllable damper as well as an
energy generator

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SWEDISH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLGY, RAHIM YAR KHAN

WORK SCHEDULE
Design of energy harvesting demonsation system from suspension of car
Semester Start Date: 03-09-2018 Semester: 07 Semester End Date: 04-01-2018
Weeks Vacation work
Activities W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 W14 W15 W16 W16a W16b
Literature Survey
Evaluation Of Working Model
Market Survey
Design Calculations
Modeling and simulation
Semester Start Date: 15-01-2019 Semester: 08 Semester End Date: 25-05-2019
Weeks
Activities W17 W18 W19 W20 W21 W22 W23 W24 W25 W26 W27 W28 W29 W30 W31 W32
Final design
Calculation
Model Development
Completion Of Project Report
Initial Draft Submit
Teacher Comments On initial Draft
Correction / Alteration According To Teacher Requirements
Final Draft
Project finalization 3
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SWEDISH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLGY, RAHIM YAR KHAN

JUSTIFICATION
• Recently, research also indicate that vehicle suspension have a
substantial influence on the fuel efficiency
• From Zuo and Zhang research paper estimated that 100-400W
of energy harvesting potential exist in the suspension of typical
passenger vehicle traveling at 60 miles per hours

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SWEDISH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLGY, RAHIM YAR KHAN

JUSTIFICATION

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SWEDISH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLGY, RAHIM YAR KHAN

LITERATURE SURVEY
PAPERS AUTHOR JOURNALS SUMMARY
Energy-harvesting shock Zhongjie Li, Iop science Innovative design of regenerative shock
absorbers, which helps to reduce
absorber with a mechanical Zhongjie Li, impact forces and improves energy
motion rectifier Jian Kuang , harvesting efficiency.
and George Luhrs
A Review on Energy -Regenerative Zhang Jin-qiu, World Congress on
Reviewed that conventional vehicle
Suspension Systems for Vehicles Peng Zhi-zhao, Engineering suspension dissipates mechanical
Zhang Lei,
vibration energy in the form of heat
and Zhang Yu
which waste considerable energy

Power Generation through Rack &
Pinion in Suspension System for an
Automobile
G.P.Dhalwar Ijariie Modal and Vibration analysis is carried
T.A.Jadhav out of rack and pinions. Mechanical rack
and pinion system is used to generate
power through regenerative shock
absorber. This system can be used
effectively in vehicles for power
generation.