RAJEEV INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

HASSAN
Department of Civil Engineering
Technical seminar on

“ELECTRO-KINETIC ROAD RAMPS”

Submitted by Under the guidance of

Srinivasa H K Mrs. Madhu K M
4RA17CV103 Assistant Professor

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CONTENT
 Introduction
 Roads in INDIA
 Backround Study
 ELECTRO-KINETIC ROAD RAMP
 TYPES OF RAMP MODEL
 Materials
 ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
 REFERENCES

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INTRODUCTION
 Man in his lifetime, uses energy in one form or the other. In fact
whatever happens in nature, results out of the conversion of
energy in one form or the other? The blowing of the wind, the
formation of the clouds and the flow of water are a few examples
that stand testimony to this fact.
 Energy conservation is the cheapest new source of energy. This
project attempts to show how energy can be tapped and used at a
commonly used system, the road power generation.
 Road Power Generation (RPG) is one of the most recent power
generation concepts. This device converts the kinetic energy of the
vehicles into electric energy by installing moving plate on the road,
it takes the stroke motion of the vehicles and converts it to the
rotary motion by crank mechanism and it generates the electricity.

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ROADS IN INDIA
 The India has second largest road network in the world, which contributes
of over 5472144 km as on 31st march 2015.
 An additional 18637 km of expressway is aim to be constructed by
government of India by the year 2022.
 National Highway Authority of India(NHAI) which is responsible for
development and management of the network of over 50000 km of a
national highway out of 115000 km in India.
 The 148000 km of a state highway are operational in India and the
Maharashtra state has 33705 km of state highway which is largest of state
highway as compare to other states.
 So using these road network and vehicles we can generate electricity using
“Electro-Kinetic Road Ramp” installed on road.

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BACKROUND STUDY

 Voltage generated (Vs) speed of vehicle

 Voltage generated (Vs) Load
 Total load = 360 Kg (Vehicle load + man weight)

Summary of Voltage generated versus speed of vehicles

SL SPEED OF VEHICLE Voltage generated

.NO. (km/hr) (volts)
1 10 8.93
2 20 7.32
3 30 6.05
4 40 5.65

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The graph between voltage generated & under different speed of vehicles

The bar chart between voltage generated & under different speed of
vehicles
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ELECTRO-KINETIC ROAD RAMP

 The electro-kinetic road ramp is a method of generating electricity by

harnessing the kinetic energy of automobiles that drive over the ramp.
 . In June 2009, one of the devices was installed in the car park at a
Sainsbury's supermarket in Gloucester, United Kingdom.
 . The ramp was invented by Peter Hughes, an electrical and mechanical
engineer who is employed by Highway Energy Systems Ltd.

Elector kinetic road ram in United

mechanism of ramp Kingdom

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TYPES OF RAMP MODEL
 HARDWARE MODEL
 SOFTWARE MODEL

Energy convertion Flow chart

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Materials

Freewheel Bicycle rim Helical spring

Micro controller L293D

LDR

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ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
Advantages
 The principle is simple.
 Construction is easy.
 It is free energy source.
 The method of electricity generation is done without polluting the
environment.
 No fuel charge.
 If fault occurs in the power generating unit then it will not affect the traffic
movement.
Disadvantages
 The initial cost of power ramp may be high.
 It can cause discomfort for the riders of the vehicle.
 It will reduce the traffic speed.
 It cannot produce constant power supply.

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REFERENCES
 Mukherjee, D., Chakrabarti, S., Fundamentals of renewable energy systems, New
Age international limited publishers, New Delhi, 2005.
 Sharma, P.C., Non-conventional power plants, Public printing service, New Delhi,
2003.
 Mukherje, D., Chakrabarti, S., Non-conventional power plants, New Delhi, 2005.
 Hamet, J.P., Besnard, F., Doisy, S., Lelong, J., New vehicle noise emission for French
traffic noise prediction, 71:861–9, 2010.
 Makarewicz, R., Gałuszka, M., Road traffic noise prediction based on speed-flow
diagram. Appl Acoust; 72:190–5, 2011.
 Makarewicz, R., Zołtowski, M., Variations of road traffic noise in residential areas, J
Acoust Soc Am; 124:3568–75, 2008

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 Thank You

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