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generation of electricity by speed breaker

10/23/2009 6:10 AM

hello im sanjeev mechanical engineering student.i want to design the project on generation of electricity by speed breaker,but stil im unable to get any information to this from any of the site and book.plz help me on this topic as soon as you read the message

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Re: generation of electricity by speed breaker

10/23/2009 6:20 AM

Hmmm, maybe it's because we don't understand what you mean by 'speed breaker' ?
Are you talking about generating high voltages like in an old fashioned ignition coil & contact breaker circuit?

This is generally called an induction coil see this link
If that not what you mean, then I'm afraid I have no idea!
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Re: generation of electricity by speed breaker

10/23/2009 12:44 PM

actually speed breaker are like bump on the roads n they r employed to slow the speed of the vechile.so do u have any idea now

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Re: generation of electricity by speed breaker

10/23/2009 12:52 PM

The amount of energy harvested would be trivial compared to the cost...
Maybe there is a lesson in concise effective communication to be learned from our exchange.
The lesson is probably to assume that the reader isn't aware of the context of your post unless you make it clear, especially when most of the audience is from another continent.

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10/23/2009 6:26 PM

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10/23/2009 7:25 AM
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Re: generation of electricity by speed breaker

10/23/2009 12:58 PM

actually speed breaker are like bump on the roads n they r employed to slow the speed of the vechile.so do u have any idea now

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Re: generation of electricity by speed breaker

10/25/2009 2:27 PM

Since you are mechanical engineering student, it should be easy for you to calculate the energy ( in Joules ) you could theoretically extract from vehicles passing over the speed bumps.

When you have this energy calculation, use the following to ESTIMATE the electrical energy you might be able to capture in "kW-hr" (kilowatt-hours)...

Joules * (0.8)/ (1000*60*60) = electrical energy in kW-hr

I think you will find that this not a cost effective way to generate electricity. However, please make the effort to go through the calculations as this will be a good learning experience regardless of the result!

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