05-12-2012, 02:06 PM
ELECTRICITY GENERATION FROM SPEED BREAKERS
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ABSTRACT
In the present scenario power becomes major need for human life. Due to day-to-day increase in population and lessen of the conventional sources, it becomes necessary that we must depend on non-conventional sources for power generation. While moving, the vehicles posses some kinetic energy and it is being wasted. This kinetic energy can be utilized to produce power by using a special arrangement called “POWER HUMP”.
INTRODUCTION:
In the present scenario power becomes the major need for human life .The availability and its per capita consumptions is regarded as the index of national standard of living in the present day civilization. Energy is an important input in all the sectors of any countries economy. Energy crisis is due to two reasons, firstly the population of the of the shaft through rack and pinion mechanism. This shaft is connected to the electric dynamo and it produces electrical energy proportional to traffic density. This generated power can be regulated by using Zener diode for continuous supply .All this mechanism can be housed under the dome like speed breaker, which is called hump. The generated power can be used for general purpose like streetlights, traffic signals.
WORKING PRINCIPLE:
While moving, the vehicles possess some kinetic energy and it is being wasted. This kinetic energy can be utilized to produce power by using a special arrangement called POWER HUMP. It is an Electro-Mechanical unit. It utilizes both mechanical technologies and electrical techniques for the power generation and its storage. POWER HUMP is a dome like device likely to be speed breaker. Whenever the vehicle is allowed to pass over the dome it gets pressed downwards then the springs are attached to the dome are compressed and the rack which is attached to the bottom of the dome moves downward in reciprocating motion. Since the rack has teeth connected to gears, there exists conversion of reciprocating motion of rack into rotary motion of gears but the two gears rotate in opposite direction.
CONCLUSION:
Energy is an important input to sustain industrial growth and standard of living of a country and can be directly related to per-capita energy consumption. The conventional sources energy like coal, oil, uranium etc… are depleting very fast and by the turn of the century man will have to depend upon non conventional sources of energy for power generation. The various types of non-conventional sources of energy are solar energy, wind energy, biogas etc… now by developing “POWER HUMP” we can generate power without utilizing any external sources mentioned earlier.