Power Generation by

Speed Breakers
(FYP-2k13-66)

Madiha Sattar 13-EE-20

Aleena Hussain 13-EE-84
Maqsood Ahmad Shah 13-EE-105
Supervisor: Engr.Nouman Qamar

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Problem Statement

 To overcome increasing energy crisis, new renewable

energy generation means and new methods to generate
electricity from daily human activities are needed such
as by common speed breakers.

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Aims & Objectives
 Aims
 Optimized mechanical design
 Efficient Electromechanical model
 Cost Reduction
 Objectives
 Reduction of frictional losses, wear and tear of
mechanical parts
 Designing an electromechanical system that generates,
processes and uses energy effectively

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Literature Review
 An engineering approach to generate electricity
 4 Different mechanisms
 South African Villages lighted up
 IIT’s, Guwahati pilot Project in India
 Peter Hughes design

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Literature Review
 Priyanshi Vishnoi and Pradip Agrawal,” Power
Generation by Kinetic Energy of Speed Breaker”, MIT
International Journal of Electrical and Instrumentation
Engineering.
 Miss. Shraddha Deshpande, Miss. Bhagyashri Kulkarni
and Prof. Aashish Joshi,” Electricity Generation Using
Speed Breaker”, International Research Journal of
Engineering and Technology (IRJET)

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Methodology of Research

Rack and Pinion Mechanism:

1) Conversion of linear motion into rotatory motion

2) Conversion of rotational energy(Mechanical Energy)

into electrical energy

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Methodology of Research
 Block Diagram

Block Diagram of Rack and

Pinion mechanism

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Methodology of Research
 Equipment Required
 Ramp
 Rack and Pinion Gears
 Ball Bearings
 Spur Gears
 Fly wheel
 Springs
 Alternator
 Rectifier and Filter circuit
 Charge control Circuit
 Battery
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Design:

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Methodology of Research
 Expected Results
 Generation of 11 to 29 volts
 4 to 17 Watts of Electrical energy Generation
 For upto 65 kg of load of vehicle

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Utilization of Research Results
 Can be used at toll booths, approaching traffic signals,
highways where vehicles move 24 x 7 etc.
 Can be used to supply electric power to a small village,
and even fed to the grid.
 The same principle of energy conversion can be used to
generate power from footsteps, exercise machines etc.

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Progress
 Change of Project Mechanism, from Crank
shaft to Rack and Pinion Mechanism
 Analysis of feasibility of hardware Required
 Cost analysis through market survey

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Future Tasks
 Purchase of hardware required for the FYP
execution
 Implementation of Project
 Finalization of Results
 FYP thesis write-up

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Work Schedule
 Purchase of hardware 2 weeks
 Implementation 4 weeks
 Finalization of Results 2 weeks

 FYP thesis write-up After Mids

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Thank you

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