ELECTRICITY GENERATION

FROM SPEED BREAKER

Introduction:
Is anyone happy with current situation of
electricity in India???
So, this is our small step to try to improve
this situation by our project.
First of all what does electricity mean to
us???
Electricity- secondary source of energy i.e.
converted from other sources.
We need it for every small thing, still notice
it’s importance only during load shedding.
 OBJECTIVES:
“Shaping Imagination”
“Electricity”-Need of the hour
Scope, Merits and Uses
Low Budget electricity production
Less floor area
No obstruction to traffic
Easy maintenance
Suitable at parking of multiplexes, malls,
toll booths, signals, etc.
Uses: Charging batteries and using them
to light up the streets, etc.
BASIC PRINCIPLE:
Simple energy conversion from
Mechanical to Electrical.
To generate electricity using the vehicle
weight (potential energy) as input
Possible using 3 different mechanisms:
I. Crank-shaft mechanism
II.Roller mechanism
III.Rack- Pinion mechanism
Why Rack- Pinion mechanism??

Crank-shafts are required to be mounted on

bearings which creates balancing problem
leading to mechanical vibrations which in turn
damage the bearings.
Secondly as bearings are of sliding type, any
occurrence of variable load( which is bit
obvious in case of vehicles!!) leads to balancing
problem.
Roller mechanism has some different
disadvantages.

Maintenance will be very difficult

Might cause collision.
What we did???

Rack-Pinion assembly gives good

mounting convenience
 Maximum gear losses– 3 to 5%
Efficiency– 95%
Construction of generator:
Initial experiments- DC motor as
Generator
How is electricity generated???
Basic principle of generation of
electricity.
What we did???
Challenges we faced!!
Selecting suitable generator.
Selection of springs.
Achieving proper balance of speed and
torque.
What we achieved???
We LEARNT a lot.
Constructed our own generator by
applying the basic principle.
Although we got less electrical output, we
have successfully explained our idea of
generating electricity from speed breaker.
Future Scope:
Such speed breakers can be designed for
heavy vehicles, thus increasing input
torque and ultimately output of generator.
More suitable and compact mechanisms
to enhance efficiency.