GRAVITY BASED POWER

GENERATION
 ABSTRCAT
• Conserving energy has become the biggest issue in present scenario. Due to the development and modernization the electricity demand is

increasing at high extent. To fulfil this demand globally which is without any harmful effect on environment is possible by using gravity power

generation. The reason behind generating power by using gravity is that it is available all over the earth.

• Comparing to the other sources like chemical, thermal and other sources gravity is weak, is scalable. This weakness is due to uniformity, or

steady state of our interactions with gravity. As gravity is weak as compared to the other sources, it cannot be efficiently converted into

electrical energy or in the other form. The concept of gravity power generation is simple. The basic concept of gravity power generation

mechanism is, when a body moves down from higher altitude to lower one its potential energy is converted into kinetic energy. This motion is

converted into circular motion and that circular motion is converted into electricity by using AC GENERATORS.

• Our aim is to create a solution that is affordable - without locking people into on-going costs – but not at the expense of quality or elegant

design. Gravity Light offers people an opportunity to break the fuel poverty cycle cause by kerosene lamps. This starts a positive cycle - of

money saved, increased productive hours and improved health.  In parallel, by replacing kerosene lamps, GravityLight eliminates the carbon

dioxide and black carbon these emit.

• In recent times due to effects of pollution and global warming there is a need for generating power from renewable sources. The reason for

generating power using gravity is that it is available all over the Earth, abundant and consistent too. In this project, the gravitational energy of a

heavy particle is converted to the electrical energy. When the heavy particle falls down from a higher altitude to a lower one, its potential

energy is converted into the kinetic energy. Then this energy is converted to electricity by using a synchronous motor. With the increasing of

the altitude of the load, the lighting time increases. If load increases, power production also increases, but the lighting time decreases.

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 INTRODUCTION
• During the last few decades power requirement has reached to high extent, for various purposes, due to ever increasing

population, development and modernization. Power can be harnessed through various methods using Renewable energy

source or Non-Renewable energy source. But all this method used to produce electricity, have their own limitations and

energy can be grasped only in a specific quantity and only for some extent. Therefore there is vital need for having a source

which would generate power overcoming these limitations. Gravity is one such source which can serve our purpose.

Gravitational force is force that attracts any object with mass. The primary objective is to provide a gravity power generation

mechanism which can continuously convert gravity potential energy into kinetic energy. This motion is converted into

circular motion and is then converted into electricity using a generator. Thus in this paper we are mainly concerned with

study of power generation using a technique which produces power from gravity force. Gravity engine is a free energy

generator that apparently harnesses power of gravity and use it to make mechanical work.

• Even today, after advancement of science and technology, more than 1 billion people do not have access even to basic

electricity. That is almost 1 among every 5 people. These people use other costly and harmful resources like kerosene to

light their homes. Gravity being one of the fundamental forces of nature is available everywhere across the Earth. Currently

it is a dream to meet all energy requirements of the world. But when we have a light that gives free, clean energy at least

the basic requirement of millions of people will be fulfilled.

  
SCOPE

• Nearly our fossil fuel will reach to the extinction so the importance
of renewable source of energy is very high.

• One major advantage with the use of renewable energy is that as it

is renewable it is therefore sustainable and so will never run out.
 
• Renewable energy facilities generally require less maintenance than
traditional generators. Their fuel being derived from natural and
available resources reduces the costs of operation.
• Not only has this but it also helped in protecting the environment as
it is non-polluting. So the power generation using gravity shares a
huge scope for the future
BLOCK DIAGRAM :Functional block diagram of gravity
based power generation
 What Is Gravity Power Generation

• The generation of power by using gravity as a form of energy is

known as gravity power generation. This is of the most latest
practice to deploy supply to the remote area which are too far
from substations and are unable to get the supply. Hence this
technique provide with power supply in hilly areas where its
impossible for a transmission line to reach and by using the
natural phenomenon of gravity the power can be generated
 Need Of Gravity Power Generation

• Need Of Gravity Power Generation

• The motion of celestial bodies such as a moon, the earth, the

planets etc. has been a subject of great interest for a long time.
Famous Indian Astronomer and mathematician, this motion and
wrote his conclusion. About a thousand years after Aryabhat,
the brilliant combination of Tycho Brahe[1546-1601] and
Johanaase Kepler[1571-1630] studied the planetary motion in
great detail.
 LITERATURE OVERVIEW

NEED AND ADVANTAGES:

• Energy is usually defined as the ability to do work. This is an anthropocentric and utilitarian perspective of energy; however, it is a

useful definition for engineering where the aim of machines is to convert energy to work. As a more general description, we would say

that energy is a fundamental entity whose availability and flow are required for all phenomena, natural or artificial. An understanding

of how energy is generated and measured is central to our decisions concerning the use and conservation of energy. Large-scale

production of energy evolved over centuries but grew radically in the last 400 years and especially since the Industrial Revolution. A

century of development and commercialization of electric power technology has ensured an easy supply, and continuous

measurement. Energy is derived in usable forms from numerous sources, such as flowing water, fossil fuels (e.g., coal and natural gas),

uranium, and the sun. Electricity is a widely used form of energy. Any of these sources can be used to generate electricity. Liquid fuels

such as gasoline and diesel derived from fossil fuels are a widely used source of energy. These fuels form the basis of our easy

transportation. A complete understanding of the complexities of the energy systems within the natural environment requires

knowledge of some basic physics and chemistry.

• An energy system may be thought of as an interrelated network of energy sources and stores of energy, connected by transmission and

distribution of that energy to where it is needed. The transformation from stores of energy in food to work, and subsequent dissipation

of energy is an example of such a system. The starting point of all energy in this "food chain" or chain" (considering only the vegetable

and cereal part of our food) is the sun.

 
A gravity power generation system
 Hardware

• In the above system following are some of the hardware which are used
• Synchronous machine
• Bicycle Wheel
• Ball Bearing
• Pulley and Belts
• Load
• Steel Flat Bar
• LED Light
• Resistor
• Capacitor
• Rectifier
 Advantages of gravity based power generation

• Gravity light needs no operating cost, so it can be operated as

the demand of the light.
• In the remote areas, it may play a great important role for the
education as well as fulfilling the demand of the power.
Moreover, the power can be stored in the battery so that it may
give a great advantage to emergency situation.
• A non-renewable source of energy.
• Very economical
• Widely used in the areas of higher altitudes.
• It does not need any repairing cost as it is very robust in nature.
 
Application of gravity based power generation

 
• Nearly our fossil fuel will reach to the extinction so the importance
of renewable source of energy is very high.
• One major advantage with the use of renewable energy is that as it
is renewable it is therefore sustainable and so will never run out.
• Renewable energy facilities generally require less maintenance than
traditional generators. Their fuel being derived from natural and
available resources reduces the costs of operation.
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• Not only has this but it also helped in protecting the environment as
it is none polluting. So the power generation using gravity shares a
huge scope for the future
 CONCLUSION AND SCOPE

• The present invention generally relates to a system and method for a gravity-driven electric generator having

at least one envelope filled with a buoyant gas.

• In an embodiment, the gas containing envelope has an escape valve allowing a portion of the buoyant gas

within the container to escape.

• When a critical amount of gas has escaped or is released from the envelope, the envelope descends along a

support beam (or track) via gravity.

• The descending envelope is connected to a power (or electric) generator.

• A valve on a reservoir containing the buoyant gas is then opened and the gas may refill the envelope. The

filled envelope containing the buoyant gas then rises with respect to the outside environment.

• The rising apparatus then ascends either along a supporting structure, freely through the air, or along a

circular path until a portion of the gas in the envelope is released or compressed and the process repeats

itself. 
 REFERENCES
 

 
• Introduction about the fume generations:
http://www.azocleantech.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=349(Date of
access: Sep 20, 2015)
• Presentation about the light powered by Gravity:
www.emaze.com/@ALCCZZZI/Gravity-Light(Date of access: Sep 20,
2015
• Mr. Rakesh S. Ambade, Mr. Roushan Prabhakar, Mr. Rupesh S.
Tayade, “A Review on Gravity Power Generation”, International
Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and
Technology, vol. 3, issue. 4, pp. 11084, 2014