DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

JAN NAYAK CHAUDHARY DEVI LAL UNIVERSITY (Sirsa)

SYNOPSIS
ON
ELECTRICITY GENERATED THROUGH DANCING FLOOR

FOR THE PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR

OF TECHNOLOGY

IN
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
JAN NAYAK CHAUDHARY DEVI LAL UNIVERSITY (Sirsa)

YEAR 2013-2014

SUBMITTED TO:
ER. TARUN ANAND

SUBMITTED BY:
ASHUTOSH PANDEY

Introduction
Electricity Generating Dance Floor converts the movement of the dancing crowd into electricity
and uses this power to change the appearance of the floors surface. The dance floor can also
give feedback to other systems that use electricity, such as the sound system, motivating the DJ
to outperform him/her by responding to the energy generated by the crowd. The floor can have
different platforms, providing unique visual experiences on every energy level, from loading and
average, to the maximum level of the evening, ultimate high! All visuals are a continuous realtime interaction between the clubbers on the floor made visible, allowing every individuals
actions to contribute to the collective experience. With the option to change both its color and
shape to match those of your brand and logo, the dance floor can be modified entirely to your
needs.

The modified way to make DJ dance floor contains a rack and pinion assembly connected with
spring mechanism to uplift the stage always. Whenever the person jumps on stage, the rack
moves to down word direction. Its pinion is connected to an alternator to generate electrical
energy. Stepper motors are connected to this pinion assembly to generate more power as it
consists of four coils in one.

BACKGROUND
The Piezoelectric effect was first observed by Carolus Linnaeus and Franz Aepinus in the mid
18th century. They found that certain materials, such as crystals and some ceramics, would
generate electric charges in the presence of a temperature change. (Wikipedia, 2009) This
waslater to be found that the temperature change was causing the material to expand and contract
creating the same result as if the material had been compressed.

Rack and Pinion mechanism:

Rack and pinion gears normally change rotary motion into linear motion, but sometimes we use
them to change linear motion into rotary motion. They transform a rotary movement (that of the
pinion) into a linear movement (that of the rack) or vice versa.
We use them for sliding doors moved by an electric motor. The rack is attached to the door and
the pinion is attached to the motor. The motor moves the pinion which moves the rack and the
door moves.

CONSTRUCTION DETAILS:
The various machine elements used in the construction for this project are given below.

RACK
SPUR GEAR
FLY WHEEL
BEARINGS
SHAFT
SPRINGS
ELECTRIC DYNAMO

A dome is mounted on four springs and in the bottom, a rack is clamped. Rack consist contact
teeth on both the faces. It is connected to two gear wheels to rotate the gear wheels only in one
direction. We have inserted a free wheel in each gear. The free wheel and the gear assembly are
mounted centrally. The flywheel is also mounted on the same shaft and the shaft is simply
supported at the both ends by means of ball bearings. Now a dynamo is connected to each
shaft by belt drive. The output terminal of dynamo is connected to an electrical storing device.
The total assembly is arranged in concrete pit.

SCOPE OF PROJECT
The wind and the sun produce energy; this is something we all know. Alternative sources of
electricity are high on the world's energy agenda. Now there is a way to produce electricity by
dancing. The dancers move to the rhythm of the music on a dance floor made from
panels that also move up and down -- no more than one centimeter, depending on the movement
and weight of the dancer. The motion of the surface activates a system of specially designed
dynamos, located under the floor, which transform the mechanical energy of the dancers'
movements into electrical energy. That electricity is used to illuminate the panels of the dance
floor and a column that indicates the level of energy produced by the people dancing.

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Iron-------------------------------------------------------- 100
Solder------------------------------------------------------80
Paste--------------------------------------------------------50
Dynamo-----------------------------------------------------1400
Circuit-------------------------------------------------------800
Battery ------------------------------------------------------480
Ply Board---------------------------------------------------500
DC Motor---------------------------------------------------300
Miscellaneous Cost----------------------------------------3000

REFERENCE:

IEEE spectrum July 1995

IEEE spectrum March 2001

IEEE spectrum May 2001
IEEE power & energy magazine May 2004
Automotive technology by JACK ERJAVEC
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