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Speed Breaker- A Source of Power

1Prashant Singh,2Saurabh Shriwas,3Kalpit P.Kaurse,

1PG Student, School of Engg & IT.MATS University, Raipur

2UG Student, School of Engg & IT.MATS University, Raipur

3Assistant Professor, School of Engg & IT.MATS University, Raipur

Abstract

As olden days the people is saying that their primary

requirement is food, shelter and clothes. Now one more

important thing come that is energy. Electrical energy more

superior than any other form of available energy. The main

advantage is that it can be stored in a battery for future use.

Our aim here to discuss the waste kinetic energy of any vehicle

to transform them in useful electrical energy. Speed breaker

power generation it can be used for lighting on rural villages,

highway street light etc. Other sources like solar energy,

wind energy and wave energy is have some limitation

.solar panel is not effective in nighttime, in winter season

and during rain. our wind energy plant installed on the

away from the populated area it can produce the electrical

energy when the sufficient amount of air will abatable

.wave energy is has its own limitation its can be produced

only in seaside. Speed breaker power generation method

produced no pollution, and it is not having any such type

of limitation.

KEYWORDS: power generation, lead acid battery, kinetic

energy and speed breaker

I. INTRODUCTION

Our conventional sources of power generation is producing

pollution in terms of air pollution, water pollution etc.[1] The

major contributor of air pollution is carbon dioxide, carbon

monoxide, sulphor dioxide etc. These pollutants affect our

environment adversely. Due to pollution and lack of avidity the

scientist suggested the renewable energies like wind energy,

solar energy, wave energy and biomass. Researchers are

working for improvement in our available renewable energy

conversion method. Here our aim to transform the energy that

wasted in speed breaker in almost all the process and system

each one has some type of losses. For example a car passes

over the speed breaker its most of the energy is wasted.

However, due to safety and security reason of populated areas

like near to school, hospital, shopping mall etc. cities and town

there are a more no of breaker ,and so many vehicle passing

over the speed breakers are required, it means that we can

tapped more energy and produced more electricity so

electricity conversion is proportional to traffic density[3]

.electricity is clean energy and now days more useful than

other form of available energy .Now days battery operated

bike, car and aircraft also available .for cooking food, washing

clothes, fan, T.V., Fridge, for lighting purpose everywhere we

required electricity .without electricity it’s very difficult to

manage our life style. Due to increments of our population and

depends of technology is increases the more amount of

electrical energy but resources are limited.

Therefore, we need to see towards that energy is waste in the

form of heat on the speed breaker.

History

Due to crises in electrical energy, the people led a new idea for

generation of electricity in South Africa. In south Africa

electrical energy crises was in a peak there is huge amount of

electrical energy is required and this crises made them to

implement a new idea, and using this idea use to light up small

villages near to highway, street light. The basic physics is

behind this method of electricity generation is nothing but just

conversion of vehicle kinetic energy in to electrical energy.

This idea comes in India first in Assam,

The inventor name is Kanak Gogoi who lives in Guwahti. He

develop the similar method to produce the electricity using

kinetic energy is wasted over the speed breaker. this idea is

caught the eye of IIT Kuwaiti, then IIT funded one pilot

project based on similar concept to generate the electricity

from speed breaker .the evaluated and analysis the machine in

more detailed and recommended to the Assam electricity

board on large scale ,and it helps to provide the electrical

energy .

SCOPE OF UTILIZATION IN INDIA

The available and utilization of energy is an indication of

the growth of a nation. As compare to developed country

developing country, consume less energy. In developed

country there is much more facility is there as compare to

developing and under developing country. For example, the

per captain energy consumption in USA is 9000KWH (Kilo

Watt Hour) per year, whereas in India is very less just only

1200KWH (Kilo Watt Hour).from this comparatively data you

might conclude that in developed country people consume

more energy

A recent survey base on energy consumption in India had

published i n particular report that 85,000 villages in India

do not still have electricity. Supply of electricity in most part

of our country is poor. In very few states, having sufficient

amount of power .electricity is a major problem in India.

Hence, more innovative idea is required in this area to

fulfill our power requirement.

In India the condition of road is very poor in villages and

also not much better in cities also as compare to the other

developed country .there is so many number of speed breaker

on the road. Therefore, it is easy to make the power

generation unit using speed breaker, and using this power, we

can fulfill our requirement.

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Effect of economy

In speed breaker method of generating electricity does not

require any consumable matter once its installed it will work

for a many years .speed breaker method of generating

electricity is required energy is already is going to waste in

speed breaker .this method is just utilization of that waste

energy. In every year in 9our country s

III. WORKING PRINCIPLE

Whenever a vehicle is passes over the dome then dome gets

displaced in downward direction due to displacement of dome,

the spring that’s attached with dome gets compressed and rack

which I also connected with dome at the bottom it’s also

displaced in downward direction and the rack teeth is

connected to gears, due to meshing of rack and gear

reciprocating motion of rack converted in to rotary motion of

gears. A flywheel is also mounting on the shaft whose main

function is to store the energy and

Supply when required to make the energy uniform and shaft

must rotate at certain. These shafts are connecting through a

belt drive with dynamos, which function is to converts the

mechanical energy into electrical energy. The rate of

conversion will be proportional to the traffic density of the

vehicle. [1] Due to rotation of shaft dynamos will also rotates.

Inside the dynamos in between two permanents, magnet

armature rotates. The rotating armature cuts the magnetic flux

generated between the permanent magnet. Due to cutting of

magnetic field, an E.M.F (electro motive force) is induced in it.

In addition, this electric energy we used for our requirement.

For continuous supply of power dynamos has to run

continuously. This emf can be stored in lead acid and we can

also used in nighttime. For ac application, we prefer to use

inverter, which changes this direct current in to alternating

current.

A. BLOCK DIAGRAM:

Fig. 1: Block diagram of speed breaker arrangement

As the population is growing vehicle density will automatically

increases and these vehicle is passes over the speed breaker

arrangement where its weight acts as a load and this load will

transfer to the gear drive by using rack pinion and chain

sprocket .Generator is connected to gear drive so that its runs

as a constant speed and produced electricity next component is

invertors which converts the direct currents in to alternating

currents .It’s used where lower power is required such as street

light and small village or colony and can be stored in battery

for future use.

Fig. 2: Working Model of speed breaker arrangement

This working model works as a generator but its require

muscular power and this power will converted in rotational

motion in first half cycle and next half cycle will completed

automatically and these rotational energy is used for rotating

the permanent magnet and generating the varying flux field

which will passes over the stationary conductor and generates

currents. This generated current can be used at the same

timing or stored for future work in battery

C. OUTPUTPOWER CALCULATIONS:

Let us consider,

The mass of any vehicle moving over the speed

breaker=300Kg (Approximately)

Height of speed breaker =10 cm

Work done=Force x Distance

Here,

Force=Weight of the Body

=300 Kg × 9.81

=2943 N

Distance traveled by body = Height of the speed breaker

=10 cm

Output power=Work done/Sec

= (2943 x 0.10)/60

= 4.905 Watts (For One pushing force)

Power developed for 1 vehicle passing over the speed

breaker arrangement for one second= 4.905watts

Power developed for 1 minutes =294.3 watts

Power developed for 1 hour=17.658 Kw

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Height of displacement =1cm

Work done=Force x Distance

Here,

Force=Weight of the Body

=60000 Kg x 9.81=

=588600 N

Distance traveled by the body = Height of displacement

=1 cm

Output power=Work done/Sec

= (588600 x 0.010)/60

Power developed for passing over the single bogie of

passenger train for one second= 98.1watts

Power developed for 1 minutes =5886 watts

Power developed for 1 hour=353.160 Kw

Power developed for 10 hour=3531.60 Kw

VOLTAGE GENERATED (VS) SPEED OF VEHICLE:

READING (TABLE 1)

LOAD = 270kg (vehicle weight + man weight)

Table 1: Voltage Generated Vs Speed of Vehicle data

B.

VOLTAG

E

GENER

ATED

(VS)

LOAD

OF MAN

READIN

G :( TABLE 2)

LOAD = Load of Man 60 to 270

Table 2: Voltage

Generated Vs Loads

in Kgs

.

4: Voltage generated Vs speed of vehicle (Graph

Fig. 4: Voltage generated Vs speed of vehicle (Graph)

Fig. 4: Voltage generated Vs Loads of man (Graph)

Conclusion

A s o u r d a y s today, life number of vehicle increases in a

considerable amount if in our country on each breaker is works

like a power-generating device in this manner it can save a lot

of amount of electricity .that electricity can be used for other

purpose .as then no of vehicle will increase our speed breaker

will be more efficient .and upcoming days this method will be

used by some other states .because our this method will be

used by some other states .because our most of states faces the

problems of power so they can used this as a alternate of

power generating sources. The main advantages that it is not

required any external sources and as the more number of

vehicles will increase its performed better. our speed breaker

will be more efficient .and upcoming days this method will be

used by some other states .because our this method will be

used by some other states .because our most of states faces the

problems of power so they can used this as a alternate of

power generating sources. The main advantages that it is not

required any external sources and as the more number of

vehicles will increase its performed better.

ADVANTAGES

• Pollution free power generation.

Speed of vehicle

(km\hr)

Voltage generated

(volts)

10 7.93

20 6.28

30 5.03

40 4.66

50 3.03

Load

(kgs)

Voltage

generated

(Volts)

60(man load) 8.33

130 9.45

170 10.2

200 11.23

270 11.81