LOW COST FITNESS EQUIPMENT FOR POWER

GENERATION


A PROJECT REPORT

Submitted by

ADITH RAMESH (1000808009)
AKASH GOPINATH (1000808011)
ANJAY VIVEK (1000808019)
ARUN MENON MELEVEEDU (1000808022)


Under the guidance of

Dr T JEYAPOOVAN



I n partial fulfillment for the award of the degree
Of

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING

IN

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING





SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL SCIENCES

HINDUSTAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE
PADUR - 603 103
APRIL 2014






BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE



Certified that this project report LOW COST FITNESS EQUIPMENT FOR
POWER GENERATION is the bonafide work of ADITH RAMESH
(1000808009), AKASH GOPINATH(1000808011), ANJAY VIVEK(1000808019),
and ARUN MENON(1000808022) who carried out the project work under my
supervision during the academic year 2013 - 2014.



HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR
Dr. T.S.RAVI KUMAR Dr.T JEYAPOOVAN
Professor, Senior Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engg. Department of Mechanical Engg.
Hindustan Institute of Technology Hindustan Institute of Technology
And Science, Padur. And Science, Padur.




INTERNAL EXAMINER EXTERNAL EXAMINER

Name: __________________________ Name: ___________________________

Designation: _____________________ Designation: ______________________

Institution Name: ___________________

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

At the outset we would like to extend our sincere gratitude to Dr. ELIZABETH
VERGHESE, Chancellor of Hindustan University for her endeavor in educating us in
Her esteemed institute which has helped us works towards our goal. We also express
our sincere thanks Dr. S.RAMACHANDRAN Vice Chancellor of Hindustan
University and to Mr. ASHOK VERGHESE, Director of Hindustan University.We
also thank Dr. B. VENKATRAMAN, Dean (Mechanical Sciences) for his
encouragement and inspiration that helped us in the progress of our project work. We
feel happy in bringing out this project. We would like to thank Dr. T.S.
RAVIKUMAR, Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hindustan University
for having keen interest in our project and providing us his support and valuable
guidance.We also thank to Mr. K. GNANASEKARAN, Assistant professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering for his guidance and support. We also express
our heartiest gratitude to Dr. T.JEYAPOOVAN,senior professor, Department of
Mechanical Engineering for his continuous support and guidance. We also pleased to
express our kind thank to all Faculties and the Lab Assistants,Faculty of lab In-charge
for their constant help and advice for completing our project.











ABSTRACT
Human power is work or energy that is produced from the human body. It can also
refer to the power (rate of work per time) of a human. Power comes primarily
from muscle, but body is also used to do work like warming shelter, food, or other
humans.World records of power performance by humans are of interest to work
planners and work-process engineers. The average level of human power that can be
maintained over a certain duration of time, say over the extent of one minute or one
hour is interesting to engineers designing work operations in industry. Human power
is sometimes used to generate electricity that is stored. As the product literature of one
generator company points out: "Although power output and generation efficiency are
very low, useful power often may be obtained where a source of heat is available."
This statement is intriguing because it packs many ideas together and suggests a space
where electricity is desirable, yet the conventional power grid is insufficient. The first
half of this paper examines this statement through the history of human electrical
power develop Men operate the exercise equipment and the energy they spend on gym
equipment can converted into useable electrical power. With the installation of this
idea in gyms energy can be added to the local power system via charging of batteries
(as it is discrete form of energy utilised by humans in gym) or direct usage depending
on the magnitude of energy. This conversion will assist in meeting the energy needs
of the gym. These batteries can be re-used again; hence proper utilisation of energy.
Basic modifications need to be employed to all machines include torque transmission,
charging of batteries/ direct usage (like heating water or electric stoves), motion of a
magnet in varying magnetic field resulting in currents in the coils which can thus
again be used directly or charging of batter.







TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTERS TITLE PAGE NO
ABSTRACT iv

LIST OF FIGURES vI
LIST OF SYMBOLS & ABBREVIATIONS vii
LIST OF TABLES viii

1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 OVERVIEW 1

1.2 PROBLEM DEFINITION AND 2
SCENARIOS

1.3 PROPOSED METHODOLOGY 3

2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION 4
2.1 EXISTING SYSTEM 4
2.3 PROPOSED SYSTEM 5

2.4 BENEFITS OF PROPOSED SYSTEMS 5

3 PROJECT COMPONENTS 6

3.1.CHAIN -SPROCKET DRIVE 6
3.2.SPUR GEAR 14
3.3.DC GENERATOR 16
3.4.BATTERY(LEAD ACID ) 20
3.5.AC INVERTOR 28
3.6.PNEUMATIC ACTUATOR 29

4




5


CALCULATIONS 32
4.1 NUMBER OF ROTATIONS PER 32
MINUTE
4.2POWER OUTPUT 33

CONCLUSION 34




6

7
PROBLEMS FACED 35

FUTURE ENHANCEMENTS 36

REFERENCES



























FIGURE NO. DESCRIPTION PAGE NO.

2.1 block diagram of power 4
generation
3.1 types of sprockets 6
3.2 direction of forces in a chain 7
sprocket
3.3 back tension on a tooth belt
3.4 sprocket tooth shape and positions 8
Engagement
3.5 the engagement between a sprocket 9
And an elongated chain
3.6 elongation versus the no of sprocket 9
teeth
3.7 the basic components of transmission 11
chain
3.9 chain and sprocket set up 13
3.10 single cylinder starter generator 16
3.11 working model of a generator 16
3.12 working model of a generator 19
3.13 lead acid battery 20
3.14 chemical reaction in a lead acid 22
battery
3.15 lead acid battery 27
3.16 AC inverter 28
3.17 working model of a pneumatic 29
actuator
3.18 pneumatic actuator 30


LIST OF TABLES

TABLE NO DESCRIPTION PAGE NO
1 elongation versus no of sprocket 9
teeth



























LIST OF SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS

ABBREVIATE EXPLANATION

KWH Kilo Watt Hour
D.C Direct Current
A.C Aternating current
RPM Revolution Per Minute
RMS Root Mean Square
EMF Electro Motive Force
V Voltage
AMP Ampere
CAD Computer Aided Design
PCD Pitch Circle Diameter