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SEMI AUTOMATIC SIDE STAND LIFTER FOR TWO WHEELER
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INTRODUCTION
Today, Motor cycles are used everywhere in all over the world. Designer should design
each and every component in the two wheelers with very at most safe and the product should
be economical. In motor cycles, the side stand plays major roll while the vehicle is in rest
condition. While the driver starting the motor cycle, there may be a possibility of forget to
release the side stand. This will tend to unwanted troubles. To avoid this he driver has to
ensure that the side stand is released. This problem may be rectify by releasing the side stand
when the gear shifting. Because while gear shifting time, the leg is in safe and comfortable
place. This can be achieved using the spring force.
BATTERY
INTRODUCTION:
In isolated systems away from the grid, batteries are used for storage of excess solar energy converted into electrical energy. The only exceptions are isolated sunshine load such as irrigation pumps or drinking water supplies for storage. In fact for small units with output less than one kilowatt. Batteries seem to be the only technically and economically available storage means. Since both the photo-voltaic system and batteries are high in capital costs. It is necessary that the overall system be optimized with respect to available energy and local demand pattern. To be economically attractive the storage of solar electricity requires a battery with a particular combination of properties:
(1) Low cost
(2) Long life
(3) High reliability
(4) High overall efficiency
(5) Low discharge
(6) Minimum maintenance
(A) Ampere hour efficiency
(B) Watt hour efficiency
We use lead acid battery for storing the electrical energy from the solar panel for lighting the street and so about the lead acid cells are explained below.
LEAD-ACID WET CELL:
Where high values of load current are necessary, the lead-acid cell is the type most commonly used. The electrolyte is a dilute solution of sulfuric acid (H₂SO₄). In the application of battery power to start the engine in an auto mobile, for example, the load current to the starter motor is typically 200 to 400A. One cell has a nominal output of 2.1V, but lead-acid cells are often used in a series combination of three for a 6-V battery and six for a 12-V battery.
The lead acid cell type is a secondary cell or storage cell, which can be recharged. The charge and discharge cycle can be repeated many times to restore the output voltage, as long as the cell is in good physical condition. However, heat with excessive charge and discharge currents shortends the useful life to about 3 to 5 years for an automobile battery. Of the different types of secondary cells, the lead-acid type has the highest output voltage, which allows fewer cells for a specified battery voltage.
CONSTRUCTION:
Inside a lead-acid battery, the positive and negative electrodes consist of a group of plates welded to a connecting strap. The plates are immersed in the electrolyte, consisting of 8 parts of water to 3 parts of concentrated sulfuric acid. Each plate is a grid or framework, made of a lead-antimony alloy. This construction enables the active material, which is lead oxide, to be pasted into the grid. In manufacture of the cell, a forming charge produces the positive and negative electrodes. In the forming process, the active material in the positive plate is changed to lead peroxide (pbo₂). The negative electrode is spongy lead (pb).
Automobile batteries are usually shipped dry from the manufacturer. The electrolyte is put in at the time of installation, and then the battery is charged to from the plates. With maintenance-free batteries, little or no water need be added in normal service. Some types are sealed, except for a pressure vent, without provision for adding water.
The construction parts of battery are shown in figure.
CHEMICAL ACTION:
Sulfuric acid is a combination of hydrogen and sulfate ions. When the cell discharges, lead peroxide from the positive electrode combines with hydrogen ions to form water and with sulfate ions to form lead sulfate. Combining lead on the negative plate with sulfate ions also produces he sulfate. There fore, the net result of discharge is to produce more water, which dilutes the electrolyte, and to form lead sulfate on the plates.
As the discharge continues, the sulfate fills the pores of the grids, retarding circulation of acid in the active material. Lead sulfate is the powder often seen on the outside terminals of old batteries. When the combination of weak electrolyte and sulfating on the plate lowers the output of the battery, charging is necessary.
CURRENT RATINGS:
Lead-acid batteries are generally rated in terms of how much discharge currents they can supply for a specified period of time; the output voltage must be maintained above a minimum level, which is 1.5 to 1.8V per cell. A common rating is ampere-hours (A.h.) based on a specific discharge time, which is often 8h. Typical values for automobile batteries are 100 to 300 A.h.
As an example, a 200 A.h battery can supply a load current of 200/8 or 25A, used on 8h discharge. The battery can supply less current for a longer time or more current for a shorter time. Automobile batteries may be rated for “cold cranking power”, which is related to the job of starting the engine. A typical rating is 450A for 30s at a temperature of 0 degree F.
CONCLUSION
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