Automatic Gate Opener Speed Bumps

INTRODUCTION

Nowadays, power has become a significant necessity for humans. Energy becomes a

fundamental key for all of the industrial processes in the economy. Nearly all of the things that

are moving today requires energy to function properly. The continuous increase in the world

population also increases the daily energy consumption in the world, which hastily diminish our

conventional sources of energy that are not renewable (Chauhan et al., 2014). Today, researches

on renewable energy and energy recovery are extensively investigated to lessen our dependence

on fossil fuels and achieve energy security since our conventional energy sources are not infinite.

In this study, we consider conserving the kinetic energy that are being wasted when

vehicles move over speed bumps. The numbers of vehicles passing through roads are increasing

day by day, since most of the people prefer to take their vehicles rather than taking the public

transportation. Under the speed bumps, we can install a device that can conserve the energy of

vehicles passing through the speed bumps and use it to automatically open a gate or a road block.

This stored energy can also be used to power street lights and traffic lights to urban roads.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Generally, speed bumps are used to control the speed of vehicles in certain areas of the

road for road safety. Vehicles that pass through speed bumps exerts a certain force to pass

through it. The main objective of this study is to convert the force that vehicles exert when

passing on speed bumps into electrical energy and automate the opening of gates or road blocks

in subdivisions, villages or school.

Specifically, the study will address the following:

1. Design a device that can convert the energy that vehicles exerts when passing

through speed bumps into electrical energy.

2. Identify the equipment needed to control the electrical energy that has been

harnessed.

3. Automates the opening of gates or road blocks in subdivisions, villages or school

using the collected electrical energy.

4. Fabricate the parts of automatic gate opener speed bumps.

5. Evaluate the effectiveness of the automatic gate opener speed bumps.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

Normally, gates of subdivisions and villages has speed bumps installed for road safety.

Vehicles exerts a certain force when passing through speed bumps. This study wants to make use

of that force and use it in the automation of opening the gates in subdivisions or villages. Using

an electricity generator speed bumps to automatically opened gates reduces manual labor cost.

This study can also be used to automatically lift road blocks.