Electromagnetic Braking System

Name: William Gaskey, Sandip Mistry, Duy Nguyen, Jee Yoon Team No.: 4 Course/Section: ELET4308/12652 Instructor: Dr. Farrokh Attarzadeh University of Houston College of Technology Semester: Fall 2006

Outline
Executive Summary Product Requirements Design Alternatives Design Specifications Design Description Construction Details Costs Conclusions Questions & Comments
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Executive Summary
Objective: Design an electromagnetic braking system
Replacing the conventional braking system Less cost with greater performance No need for maintenance and/or replacement

Research: Other types of electromagnetic braking system

Electromagnetic braking system with brake pads Eddy-current braking system
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Product Requirements
Overall
Power supply to power the system Hub and spindle assembly to simulate the actual spinning of the rotor Custom made rotor with metal arranged for the most effective result Brake pedal to simulate the real environment Three electromagnets to generate braking force

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Product Requirements (contd)

Hardware and Software
8051 microcontroller
Reading the braking level from pedal Varying the braking force through duty cycle

Custom built circuit board

Regulating input voltage Powering up the 8051 C Amplifying the output voltage to electromagnets

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Design Alternatives
Permanent magnets mounted on the wheel
Cleaning issue Magnet arrangement issue Electromagnetic field around other mechanical components issue

Metallic material region all around the wheel

Electromagnetic field dispersion issue Not enough braking force
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Design Specifications
Mini-Max 51-C2 8051 Microcontroller 2001 Toyota Corolla hub and spindle assembly Three GP-2030/24VDC electromagnets MC2 Microcon pedals

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Design Specifications (contd)

General view
Pedal 8015 Microcontroller Circuit board Electromagnets DC power supply
Pedal DC power supply 5 [V] output 12 [V] power 8051 C Square Wave 42 [V] power Circuit board Amplified output EM

Input

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Design Description
Circuit board
LM317T voltage regulator to regulate input voltage BUK-555 60A MOSFET as a switch

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Design Description
Programming
Voltage reading by ADC ADC by convert() function ON and OFF state by setbit() and clrbit() Generate delay by generate_delay() function
Start Parameter Setup

Voltage Reading

OFF State

Generate Delay

ON State

Generate Delay

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Construction Details

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Costs
Category Parts Labor Equipments Total $ Cost 627.35
Project Cost

21%

3%
Parts Labor Equipments

$15,000.00 $ 4,183.43 $19,810.78

76%

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Conclusions
Project was completed on schedule and within budget thanks to donations Supplier issues caused the purchase of weaker magnets than intended for design Good results with current design, a larger budget would improve performance The project proves the theory and shows the potential for a full functional system
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Questions & Comments

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