POWER GENERATION BY HUMAN POWERED

TREADMILL
Submitted to

Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi

A project work proposal in partial fulfillment for the requirement for the award of the
degree of
Bachelor of Engineering
In
Mechanical Engineering

Under the
Guidance of Prof.
Adanna.I.W.
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering, MIT Mysore

Submitted by

AAYAN KHAN 4MH17ME001

CHANDAN.L 4MH17ME017
YASHWANTH.H.V 4MH17ME118
RIYAZ AHMED 4MH17ME122

2020 - 2021
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
MAHARAJA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
MYSORE
 MAHARAJA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MYSORE
(Affiliated to VTU, Belagavi)
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Final Year Student Project – Work Proposal

Certificate
This is to certify that project work proposal submitted by Aayan Khan
(4MH17ME001), Chandan.L (4MH17ME017), Riyaz Ahmed (4MH17ME122) and
Yashwanth.H.V (4MH17ME118) are the bonafied students of MAHARAJA
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MYSORE and this report satisfies the academic
requirements in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of Bachelor of
Engineering and approved to carry out for academic year 2020 - 2021.

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INDEX
CHAPTER TOPICS PAGE NO.
01 INTRODUCTION 4
02 LITERATURE SURVEY 6
03 PROBLEM DEFINITION 7
04 CONCEPTUAL DESIGN 8
05 METHODOLOGY 10
06 POSSIBLE OUTCOME 11

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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

A treadmill is a device generally used for walking or running while staying in the same place. Treadmills
were introduced before the development of powered machines, to harness the power of animals or humans
to do work, often a type of mill that was operated by a person or animal treading steps of a tread-wheel to
grind grain. More recently, treadmills are not used to harness power, but used as an exercise machines for
running or walking while staying in one place. Rather than the user powering the mill, the machine
provides a moving platform with a wide conveyor belt (track), driven by an electric motor. The belt moves
to the roller, requiring the user to walk or run at a speed matching that of the belt. The rate at which the
belt moves is the rate of walking or running. Thus, the speed of running may be controlled and measured.
The more expensive, heavy-duty versions are motor-driven (usually driven by an electric motor).

William Staub, a mechanical engineer, developed the first consumer treadmill for home use. Staub
developed his treadmill after reading the 1968 book, Aerobics by Kenneth H. Cooper. Cooper's book noted
that individuals who ran for eight minutes four to five times a week would be in better physical condition.
Staub noticed that there were no affordable household treadmills at the time and decided to develop one
for his own use during the late 1960s. He called his first treadmill the Pace Master 600. Once finished,
Staub sent his prototype treadmill to Cooper, who found the machine's first customers, including sellers of
fitness equipment.

Treadmills as power sources originated in antiquity. These ancient machines had three major types of
design. The first was a horizontal bar jutting out of a vertical shaft. It rotated around a vertical axis, driven
by an ox or other animal walking in a circle and pushing the bar. Humans were also used to power these.
The second design was a vertical wheel, a tread wheel, that was powered by climbing in place instead of
walking in circles. This is similar to what we know today as the hamster wheel. The third design also
required climbing but used a sloped, moving platform instead.
Treadmills as muscle powered engines originated roughly 4000 years ago. Their primary use was to lift
buckets of water. This same technology was later adapted to create rotary grain mills and the tread wheel
crane. It was also used to pump water and power dough-kneading machines and bellows.

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The simpler, lighter, and less expensive versions passively resist the motion, moving only when walkers
push the belt with their feet hence, leg-powered. The latter types are known as manual treadmills. Here
this machine will explain about a manual (leg-powered) treadmill which can move only when walker push
the belt with his feet. But the addition is that there is a certain number of small DC generators, whose
moving parts are mechanically coupled or connected with the moving parts of the machine (rollers) which
moves when belt of the treadmill is moving. When the rotor (moving part) of the DC generator starts
moving or rotating it will produces emf across its output terminals. This generated emf can be used for
charging of Battery or other purposes.

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CHAPTER 2

LITERATURE SURVEY

Abhiram R et.al [1], Electricity generation using treadmill Tricycle .

Has reviewed that While doing exercise, a large amount of human energy is wasted. They designed a tricycle
where the pedal of the cycle is fully replaced by a treadmill. The treadmill will drive the rear wheels of the
cycle via a chain drive, so that it needs only the effort of exercising in treadmill to travel a short distance
conveniently. A stand is provided to make the tricycle inclined at stationery state and can be used as a perfect
treadmill. A powerful dynamo and a battery is provided to the rotating parts of the tricycle to produce and
store electrical energy during exercising or travelling. We can use this electrical energy in emergency
situations such as power failure, it can light some lamps in a room and can give power for music systems etc.
Power generated is only utilized for charging the battery. Travelling issue is one of the problems faced in this
project. The power generated in this treadmill tricycle can be used only for one purpose, i.e charging the
battery of the tricycle which can be used later.

Deepika .A.Gondane et.al [2] ,Treadmill based electricity generator for domestic
purpose.
The developed treadmill was based on a manual flatbed treadmill using an electromagnetic dynamo generator
coupled to a front axle flywheel. A heavy duty rechargeable battery pack was used to store the generated
energy and additional components to measure the generated power were included. The scope of this system
focuses upon a method of generating electrical energy from the application of specially designed treadmill
with the provision of specially designed washing machine, which will work when a human runs over a
treadmill for exercise. Here the treadmill generator used is not feasible, and maintenance cost is high.

Manish Debnath et.al [3], Starting of fluorescent tube light by using inverter circuit
instead of choke and starter arrangement.
A fluorescent tube light generally starts glowing when a large voltage is applied across its terminals at the
time of starting for a very short period, once its start glowing then it be able to continue with the normal
supply voltage. To conserve energy they have used inverter circuit instead of choke and starter arrangement.
The output voltage is not uniform creating problem in normal running of tube light or nearby connected
device.
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CHAPTER 3

PROBLEM DEFINITION

 The energy expended in a typical workout at the gym is usually wasted in the mechanics of the
equipment.

 Although recent designs of energy harvesting exercise equipment have been introduced into the
market¸ These systems need to be improved and designed for maximum power output, Cost efficiency
and marketability.

 Global warming, power shortage are one of the major drawbacks which can overcome using this
model.

OBJECTIVES

 To design a cost-effective manual treadmill which produces power that can be used for various
purposes.

 To provide a uniform output using filter circuit [3].

 To provide a treadmill with Electricity Generator to reduce the pollution at some extent by saving
energy.

 To add an adjustable inclined feature to increase the intensity of the work out.

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CHAPTER 4

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN:

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. The treadmill in this model consists of

 V-Belt Drive

 Pulley

 Dry cell Battery (24V ,7amp-hr)

 24W DC Dynamo

 Body frame and rollers made of mild steel

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CHAPTER 5

METHODOLOGY

1. PROBLEM DEFINITION

2. LITERATURE SURVEY

3. MATERIAL SELECTION

4. DESIGN & FABRICATION

5. TESTING

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CHAPTER 6

POSSIBLE OUTCOMES

 This manual tread mill with electricity generator is simple in design and is sustainable .

 This treadmill with electricity generator is use full for such areas where electricity is not available.

 Electrical energy can be saved by using this manual treadmill.

 Green house gases can be reduced upto some extent by this manual treadmill.

 By using this treadmill one can maintain their physical fitness.

 The resulting electrical energy can be stored in a battery and used for domestic purposes.

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REFERENCES

1. Abhiram.R, Afsal Thajudeen, Desaredh S, Jishnu.v, Nithin Prasad, Anuraj.a.r, “Electricity Generation
using Thread mills and Tricycles” , International Research Journal of engineering &
Technology(IRJECT) (An ISO 9001:2008 certified Journal) Vol.4, Issued on June, 2017, Pg.No. 103
to 111.

2. Dipeeka A.Gondane , Aniket M.Dighade, Priyanka V.Raut, “Treadmill Based Electricity For
Domestic Purpose”, International Research Journal of engineering & Technology(IRJECT) (An ISO
9001:2008 certified Journal) Vol.6, Issued on jan 2019,pg no 225-228.

3. Manish Debnath, “Starting Of Fluorescent Tube light by using inverter circuit instead of choke and
starter arrangement” International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications .vol.5,Issued on
NOV 2015.pg.No 57-61.

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