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Foot Step Based Power Generator

This document describes a footstep-based power generation system that converts the energy from human footsteps into electrical energy. It consists of piezoelectric sensors that generate electricity when pressure is applied. The sensors are connected to an Arduino, battery, and LCD display. As people walk on the sensors, their footsteps apply pressure and generate a voltage that is stored in the battery. This provides an alternative energy source by harnessing wasted footstep energy in places with many pedestrians like streets, stations, and crowded areas.

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411 views15 pages

Foot Step Based Power Generator

This document describes a footstep-based power generation system that converts the energy from human footsteps into electrical energy. It consists of piezoelectric sensors that generate electricity when pressure is applied. The sensors are connected to an Arduino, battery, and LCD display. As people walk on the sensors, their footsteps apply pressure and generate a voltage that is stored in the battery. This provides an alternative energy source by harnessing wasted footstep energy in places with many pedestrians like streets, stations, and crowded areas.

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FOOT STEP BASED POWER

GENERATION SYSTEM

C.Sindhura (16RH1A0449)
B.Sucharitha (16RH1A0435)
Ch.Lavanya (16RH1A0452)
CONTENT
• Introduction
• Need of the system
• Block diagram
• Circuit diagram
• Working
• Applications
• Advantages
• Conclusion
INTRODUCTION
• In this topic we are generating electrical power as non-
conventional method by simply walking on footsteps.
• Walking is the most common activity in human life.
• When a person walks, he loses energy to the road.
• This energy can be tapped and converted in the usable form
such as in electrical form.
Conventional and Non-conventional
Energy Sources

• Energy produced by coal, petroleum, natural gas etc.


are called conventional sources.

• Where as the sources like wind, solar, etc. are called


non conventional energy sources.
AN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE

• The challenge - convert foot print energy to electrical


energy.

• The solution – using piezoelectric material.


Piezoelectric sensor
A piezoelectric sensor is a device that uses
the piezoelectric effect to measure
pressure, acceleration, force by converting
them to an electrical signal
NEED OF THE SYSTEM
• The utilization of waste energy of foot power with
human motion is very important for highly populated
countries.

• India and China where the roads, railway stations, etc.


are all over crowded and millions of people move
around the clock.
BLOCK DIAGRAM

XPIEZO
ELECTRIC LCD
SENSOR

ARDUINO

BATTERY
COMPONENTS
• Arduino
• Piezoelectric sensor
• Capacitor
• LCD
• Transformer
CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
Working
• The piezoelectric material converts the pressure applied to it
into electrical energy.
• The source of pressure can be either from the weight of the
moving vehicles or from the weight of the people walking over
it.
• The output of the piezoelectric material is not a steady one.
So a bridge circuit is used to convert this variable voltage into a
linear one
• Again an AC ripple filter is used to filter out any further
fluctuations in the output.
• The output dc voltage is then stored in a rechargeable battery.
• The inverter is converts the DC into AC
Applications
• Foot step generated power can be used for
agriculture, home applications, street-lighting.

• Foot step power generation can be used in


emergency power failure situation.

• Metros, Rural Applications etc.


ADVANTAGES
• Power generation is simply walking on steps
• No need fuel input.
• This is a Non-conventional system.
• No moving parts – long service life.
• Self-generation - no external power required.
• Compact yet highly sensitive.
CONCLUSION
• Smart system
• Produce 2000 watts of electricity.
• Durable
• Have a life of approx. 5 years.
THANK YOU

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