1Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engg. Section, University Polytechnic, A.M.U., Aligarh, (U.P.), India
2Associate Professor, Dept of Physical Education, A.M.U., Aligarh, (U.P.), India
3Research Scholar, Dept of Physical Education, A.M.U., Aligarh (U.P.), India
Online published on 18 March, 2017.
With global technological advancement energy demand is increasing and there is a strong dependence on unsustainable fossil fuels based power generation. The fossil fuels are burnt for power generation which causes pollution. Pollution is a crucial problem globally and there are so many adverse effects of pollution on living things as well as on environment.
Today in a polluted environment and changed life style it is very difficult to live healthy. In fact, regular physical activity can help to manage a wide range of health problems. Treadmill is one of the exercise machine in which someone walks/runs over a belt. This belt is wrapped around two rollers which are mounted on left and right uprights at one side and base frame on other side respectively.
The human effort during exercise goes waste in conventional manual treadmill. The author has designed a treadmill with Electricity Generator to produce electricity during exercise. The generator is coupled with the roller Flywheel with help of a V-belt to generate electricity using human effort. The electricity generated during exercise may be used for charging a battery or for any other work. The design of this Treadmill has been presented in this paper.
Generator, Treadmill, Energy Conservation, Exercise Machine
