PROJECT REPORT

BRANCH
Information Technology - A

PROJECT TITLE
Hand Crank Generator

SUBMITTED BY
Kiressanth.R - IT – A 46
Kirthick Roshan - IT – A 48
Jaweedh- IT - A 36

Easwari Engineering College

(Autonomous)
Ramapuram Campus
Chennai – 600 089
Tamil Nadu

27th June 2022

 HAND CRANK GENERATOR

Introduction:

During natural disaster there is a need to have good accessibility to electrical

supply for telecommunication purpose. One of the possible solutions is utilize a
green power generator which does not depend on electricity. Hence, the
objective of this project is to design a portable hand-crank generator for
generation of electricity required for charging communication devices during
critical times. The output of the generator is 5V, with a maximum current
output of 0.3A with a hand-crank rotation of 120 - 200RPM. The main
advantages of this concept are portable, effective, smart and convenient at
critical times.

Working Principle:

Hand crank generator operates by turning a crank by hand. Because of the

mechanical force that we apply to that particular device, help it to create a
current to produce electricity. By turning the crank handle and in-turn revving
the A/C generator we can produce A/C current from it. The A/C generator works
on the principle of Faraday’s Law of Electromagnetic induction (EMF). By
turning the crank, the armature which contains a set of magnets having
alternate magnetic poles rotates around a coil. This induces EMF on the coil
and a small amount of A/C current is produced on the coil. We then take this
current and run it through an full wave bridge rectifier to convert the A/C signal
to a D/C signal. Then the current is made to run through a voltage step-up
module which increases the voltage output from 5 – 6V to 15 – 24V. There is a
potentiometer in the module to control the output voltage outputted by the
step-up module. Then the current is ran through a voltage regulator which
regulates voltages from 10 – 32V to 5V. We run it through a regulator because
the voltage directly from the generator is unstable and has uncertain outputs
because the RPM of the generator may decrease and increase due to hand
cranking. After stablizing the output down to 5V we can connect it to a USB
Female board which we can use to charge a device using a USB cable.

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Apparatus Required:

Full wave
bridge Hand Crank A/C
rectifier Generator
Voltage
Regulator
Module

USB
Female
Module
Step-up
convertor

○ Hand Crank A/C Generator

○ Full Wave Bridge Rectifier - W01M
○ Step-up Convertor - XL6009 (also known as Buck-Booster)
○ Voltage Regulator Module – L7805CV
○ USB Female Connector Module

Step 1: Gathering the materials

Figure 3: Full Wave Bridge Rectifier Figure 5: Voltage Regulator

Figure 1: Hand Crank A/C Generator

Figure 2: Handle

Figure 6: USB Female Connector

Figure 4: Step-Up Convertor

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Step 2: Mounting the A/C Generator
Secure the A/C generator by mounting it to a sturdy rigid surface that doesn’t
break easily either by screwing it down or using good adhesive that holds it
down pretty well.

Step 3: Wiring the Connections

Steps for the connection are given below -

1. Connect the two terminals from the generator (+5 & -5) to the terminals
marked “ ~ “ on the full wave rectifier .

2. Connect two wires to the positive and negative terminals of the full wave
rectifier marked “+” and “-” respectively.

3. Connect the wires coming from the positive (+ve) and the negative (-ve)
terminal to the positive (+ve) and negative (-ve) terminal of the step-up
convertor module as seen in the figure.

4. Connect the output positive (+ve) terminal with the left most pin (INPUT
+5V) of the voltage regulator module and the negative (-ve) terminal
with the center pin (GROUND) of the voltage regulator module.

5. Connect a wire to the right most pin which is the OUTPUT (+5V) and
another wire to the center pin (GROUND).

6. Connect the OUTPUT (+5V) wire from the voltage regulator to the
positve (+ve) terminal on the USB Female connector and the GROUND
wire to the negative (-ve) terminal of the USB Female connector.

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Step 3: Testing the connections
All the connections and set ups are done and now we need to test the
connections between the modules to see if they are working as they should.

Using a multimeter we can check for output voltage from the generator,
rectifier, step-up module and the stablizer module.

Output (-ve)

Output (+ve)

Here, we can see the connections are working perfectly as we are getting a D/C
voltage of 14.1V at the output of the step-up convertor.

Step 4: Testing by charging a device

If each and every connection is given correctly and properly on all terminals,
we should get a working model that can charge a device.
Connect a USB Type – A cable to the USB Female connector and connect the
other end to a device that can recharge and start spinning the generator using
the hand crank. We should see the device charging within a couple of seconds.

Applications of Hand Crank Generators:

• This little device can charge phones, flashlights, your GPS and other
things that supports charging via USB cable in cruicial times.
• This device can be helpful at times when theres a long time power
outage in a city and emergency power is necessary.
• Small and portable.
• Can generate required amount of electricity at times of need.
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References:
• Hand Powered Generators:
https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/travel/hand-
powered-generators.htm
• Hand Crank Generators:
https://sites.suffolk.edu/rfrene/2014/02/21/hand-crank-
generator/#:~:text=Hand%20crank%20generator%20operates
%20by,there%20used%20form%20different%20purposes.

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