Mechanical Department, ANITS College of Engineering, India
Online published on 31 October, 2017.
Electricity is the form of energy, Electricity is a basic part of nature and it is one of our most widely used forms of energy. Generating electricity by speed breakers is innovative and useful concept. The number of vehicles passing over the speed breaker in roads is increasing day by day. There is possibility of tapping the energy and generating power by making the speed breaker as a power generation unit. The generated power can be used for the lamps near the speed breakers and this will be a great boon for the rural villages as well as for urban areas.
The kinetic energy of the moving vehicles can be converted into mechanical energy of the shaft through rack and pinion mechanism. Then, this mechanical energy will be converted to electrical energy using generator which will be saved with the use of a battery. Therefore, by using this type of arrangement lot of energy is saved, which can be used for the fulfillment of future demands.
Design of each component has been carried out using standard procedures, and the components have been fabricated and assembled. A similar model of the system has been modeled using SOLIDWORKS. Practical testing of the system has been done. Theoretical calculations has been done.
Rack and Pinion, power generation, design, fabrication
