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Generation of Electricity by using
Speed Breakers
M.ISWARYA
UG Scholar
Department of EEE
Sathyabama University
iswaryamaran95@gmail.com
ABSTRACT:
Electricity is generated by replacing the
usual speed breakers with some simple
mechanism. As vehicles pass over the speed
breakers, rack and pinion mechanism works
and with the help of high tension springs in
turn generate electricity. This method is an
effective way to produce electricity as the
number of vehicles is ever increasing. It can
be effectively placed near toll plazas, parking
lots and other locations where density of
vehicles is very high. A rack and pinion,
spring assembly mechanism is provided
which transfer the motion to a DC
motor/generator for electricity generation.
This method provides a cost effective way to
generate electricity from the mechanical
energy of dynamic vehicles on roads.
Keywords: PMDC generator, rack, pinion,
gears, springs.
I. INTRODUCTION
In this section, the working principle of
power generation is explained. It is a practical
implementation, and its advantages are
discussed. There are several basic
arrangements to generate electricity by the
road speed-breaker. The arrangements are like
free wheel, pinion & rack arrangement,
bearing, large gear, pulley, Iron frame.
This paper is concerned with
generation of electricity from speed-breakers
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setup. The load acting on the speed-breaker
setup is transmitted to rack and pinion
arrangement. The reciprocating motion of the
speed-breaker is converted into rotary motion
using rack and pinion arrangement. The axis of
the pinion is coupled with the spur gear. The
spur gear is made up of two gears of different
sizes. Power is transmitted from the larger gear
to the smaller gear; the speed that is present at
the larger gears multiplied with respect to the
smaller gear at the rotation of the smaller gear.
The axis of smaller gear is coupled to a gear
arrangement. The gear wheel with the larger
dimension is connected to the axis of the
smaller gear in order to increase the generation
of the voltage. Hence the speed that has
multiplied at the smaller gear wheel is passed
on to this gear wheel of larger dimension. The
smaller gear is coupled to the larger gear and
speedbreaker in roads is increasing day by day.
There is possibility for generating power by
making the speed breaker as a power
generation unit [1]. This project attempts to
show how energy can be generated using road
speed breakers with possible mechanism
required. The generated power can be used for
lighting near the speed breakers.
II. EASE OF USE
Nowadays, in the present world as the
population is increasing the commercial needs
of the people have been increasing. We have
different types of power generation techniques
namely wind, hydro, thermal, tidal, solar etc.
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In order to reduce the use of non-renewable

resources and save it for future generations we
adopted this technique.

III. WORKING PRINCIPLE

When the load acts on the speed breaker the

rack comes down and the springs suspend.
Due to this suspension of springs the main
gear rotates and then rotates a sub gear
attached to it. The gear of the generator is Figure 1: 3D representation of speed breaker
rotated with immediate rotation of the sub production mechanism
gear. The reciprocating motion of the speed
breaker is converted into rotator motion
(mechanical energy)[2]. The speed which is
sufficient is fed into the generator. The rotor
rotates within a magnetic stator and produces
electromotive force. This generated emf is
used for charging battery and lighting.

Fig 1 and fig 2 shows us both top and side

views of entire arrangement. First to use this
process were South African people; their
electrical crisis has made them to implement Figure 2: Side view of arrangement
this method to light up small villages of the
highway. The idea of basic physics to convert
the mechanical energy into electrical energy IV BLOCK DIAGRAM
that goes waste when the vehicle runs over the
speed-breaker was used. Since then a lot of Here this is the block diagram representation
improvements has been done in this field. The of the generation process and this shows the
idea caught our working team and we have step by step process of the generation.
decided to develop such a project that will
produce more power and store it for future
purposes as it proves to be a boon to the
economy of the country.

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Rack and Pinion:
As shown in fig 3, rack and pinion is a type of
linear actuator that comprises a pair of gears
which converts rotational motion into linear
motion or vice-versa. A circular gear called the
“Pinion” engages teeth on a linear gear bar
called “Rack”. Linear motion applied to the
rack [1] causes the pinion to move, there by
translating the linear motion of the rack into
the rotary motion of the pinion.
Figure 3 : Rack and pinion arrangement
Spur gear
Fig 4 shows mechanical structure of spur gear.
It is a positive power transmission device with
definite velocity ratio. They consist of a disk
with the teeth projecting radically. These gears
can be meshed together to increase the speed
and the torque.
Figure 4: Spur gear
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Generator
Fig 5 shows a PMDC generator which is the
second stage evolution of conventional D.C
generator. PMDC Generator is similar to an
ordinary D.C generator except that its field is
provided by permanent magnets.PMDC have a
conventional wound armature with a
commutator ,brushes and a permanent magnet
field. This generator has excellent starting
torque.
Figure 5: PMDC generator
V MODEL CALCULATION
Let us consider, the mass of any vehicle
travelling over the speed breaker= 300Kg
Height of speed breaker = 15 cm
Work done = weight of the body x distance
travelled by the vehicle
Weight of the body = 300 Kg x 9.81 = 2943 N
Distance travelled by the body = Height of the
speed breaker = 15cm
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Power = Work done/ Second = (2943 x
0.15)/60 = 7.3575 Watts
Output power developed for 1 vehicle
passing over the speed Breaker arrangement
for one minute = 7.3575 watts
Power developed for 60 minutes (1 hour) =
441.45 watts.
Power developed for 24 hours =.5948 Kw
This power generated by vehicles is more than
sufficient to run four street lights in the night
time.
Fig 6: Snapshot of output power generated
Figure 6 shows the multimeter reading of
output power generated using the speed
breaker system.
CONCLUSION
Electricity plays an important role in our daily
life. Due to population explosion, the power
generation has become insufficient to fulfil our
requirements. In this project we discover
technology to generate electricity from speed
breakers in which the system used is secure
and this technique will help conserve the
exhaustible resources. In coming days, this
will prove to be a great boon to the world,
since it will save a lot of electricity of power
plants that gets wasted in illuminating the
street lights. As the conventional sources are
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depleting very fast, it’s time to think of
alternative resources. We got to save the
power gained from the conventional sources
for better use. So this idea not only provides
alternative but also makes it cost effective to
the country.
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