Energy harvesting through Piezo smart sensors

  Electricity has become a lifeline of present day civilization and thus its demand is enormous and is growing steadily. There seems no end to the different ways one can generate pollution-free electricity. At one hand, rising concern about the gap between demand and supply of electricity for m

Project Title

Energy harvesting through Piezo smart sensors

Project Area of Specialization

Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Project Summary

  Electricity has become a lifeline of present day civilization and thus its demand is enormous and is growing steadily. There seems no end to the different ways one can generate pollution-free electricity. At one hand, rising concern about the gap between demand and supply of electricity for masses has highlighted the exploration of alternate sources of energy and its sustainable use. On the other hand, traffic on road all over the world is increasing day by day and thus, congestion on roads is becoming inevitable with the fancy of masses towards personal transportation systems for their growing mobility. Energy demand and heavy traffic correlation motivate to dream about a device in the road that would harvest the energy from the vehicles driving over it. For this, piezoelectric material embedded beneath a road, the piezo-smart road, can provide the magic of converting pressure exerted by the moving vehicles into electric current.

Project Objectives

 In order to satisfy the rising energy demands of global consumption, a new cleaner and renewable power source needs to be explored, conceptualized and developed. This paper intends to introduce an alternative source of energy by using piezoelectric material -a class of smart material. A piezoelectric road that will produce electricity from the stress experienced by the roads due to the movement of automobiles is proposed. The main principle behind this is the piezoelectric effect. The energy is produced from the consumer’s participation and it does not require any separate source of input energy.     

Project Implementation Method

This project is actually the inspiration of implemented Project "piezo smart roads*. This practically implemented project Actually produce clean and green energy by using these special sensors. When the mechanical stress is applied on the sensor,  the sensor will generate directly produce voltages which are then measured by voltmeter and  after its measurement there is a boost convertor to boost this voltage up.  

As a result this energy is further supplied and utilized.  

Benefits of the Project

Movement of vehicles are always constant on busy roads and highways so, power can be generated constantly by this concept.   
Power generated from ‘Piezo-smart roads’ concept is Greenpower and no harm to the environment.  
This power can be very well utilized for the street lightning and other small scale purposes.   

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

The final boosted energy will be supplied to lighten up road lights with the presence of sensor /timer circuit on it to avoid the wastage of energy at day times.  

Final Deliverable of the Project

Hardware System

Core Industry

Energy

Other Industries

Energy , Transportation

Core Technology

Others

Other Technologies

Clean Tech

Sustainable Development Goals

Decent Work and Economic Growth, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Responsible Consumption and Production

Required Resources

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