Design, modeling and test of a novel speed bump energy harvester

Todaria, Prakhar; Wang, Lirong; Pandey, Abhishek; O'Connor, Mike; McAvoy, David; Harrigan, Terence; Chernow, Barbara; Zuo, Lei

doi:10.1117/12.2084371

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“…Experiment on a real speed bump showed that a single 10‐m‐long power bump with an average of 10 000 crosses per day could recover up to 200 MWh per year. A similar work was reported by Todaria who presented design, development, and laboratory and field tests of speed bumps that could generate up to 600‐kW peak electrical power by passing a passenger car over them. The MMR proposed by Li et al was also integrated in the speed bumps, which could improve the energy harvesting efficiency.…”

Section: Technologies Of Energy Harvesting From Pavements and Roadwaysmentioning

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Energy harvesting from pavements and roadways: A comprehensive review of technologies, materials, and challenges

2019

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Summary Energy harvesting from pavements has been a topic of extensive research in the recent past. This domain has attracted not only the research community but also the industry and governmental authorities. The various sources exploited for energy harvesting from pavements and roadways are solar radiation, mechanical energy dissipated due to moving vehicles and pedestrians, geothermal energy, rainwater, and wind. This article presents an exhaustive and updated review of all potential means of energy harvesting from these sources. Following the introductory section, the article sequentially covers the energy harvesting methods and their research progress, materials, development of practical systems, commercial status, comparison of technologies, challenges, and concluding remarks. This study reveals that there is wide scope for further research and feasibility studies, which could lead to a wide‐spread implementation of the various technologies for energy harvesting from pavements and roads.

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Section: Technologies Of Energy Harvesting From Pavements and Roadwaysmentioning

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Energy harvesting from pavements and roadways: A comprehensive review of technologies, materials, and challenges

2019

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“…The basic principle in all mechanisms in the electromagnetic energy harvesting devices is to trigger relative movement between a conductor and a magnetic field (Faraday's law) by utilization of the induced movement from passing vehicles [84]. The mechanisms include a rack-and-pinion system [85,86], cam-arm system [87], roller-chain system [88], hydraulic power system [89], statortranslator [90], rotational motion [91], chain-sprocket system [92], and compression of air upon passage of a vehicle [93]. Combinations of these systems have been used in some studies (e.g., rack-and-pinion and hydraulic systems) [94].…”

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Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting Technology: Key to Sustainability in Transportation Systems

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The convergence of concerns about environmental quality, economic vitality, social equity, and climate change have led to vast interest in the concept of sustainability. Energy harvesting from roadways is an innovative way to provide green and renewable energy for sustainable transportation. However, energy harvesting technologies are in their infancy, so limited studies were conducted to evaluate their performance. This article introduces innovative electromagnetic energy harvesting technology that includes two different mechanisms to generate electrical power: a cantilever generator mechanism and a rotational mechanism. Laboratory experimental tests were conducted to examine the performance of the two mechanisms in generating power under different simulated traffic conditions. The experimental results had approximately root mean square power 0.43 W and 0.04 W and maximum power of 2.8 W and 0.25 W for cantilever and rotational, respectively. These results showed promising capability for both mechanisms in generating power under real traffic conditions. In addition, the study revealed the potential benefits of energy harvesting from roadways to support sustainability in transportation systems. Overall, the findings show that energy harvesting can impact sustainable transportation systems significantly. However, further examination of the large-scale effects of energy harvesting from roadways on sustainability is needed.

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“…The speed bump harvester shown in Fig. 3 can be modeled as a trapezoidal bump with mass based on spring with stiffness and equivalent damper [11]. The mass includes two terms; the mass of the speed bump cover and the equivalent mass of the energy harvester unit, which can be expressed in terms of the following equation:…”

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“…Recent developments in this field have led to a renewed interest in harvesting energy from speed bumps. Zuo et al (2015), proposed a novel speed bump energy harvester, which can generate large-scale electrical energy when vehicles pass over it [11]. On the other hand, many attempts had been done in suspension systems design to ensure the safety and ride comfort of the driver.…”

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Performance Evaluation and Parameter SensitivityofSpeed Bump Energy HarvesterPassed by Various Vehicles

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2018

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Commonly, road bumps are used to reduce vehicle speeds thus improving safety for pedestrians. Recently, there is an increased interest to exploit road bumps in developing energy harvesting. This paper compares the vehicle suspension dynamics when pass over conventional and energy harvesting speed bumps with different speeds. Numerical simulations are based on various types of vehicles including passenger cars, buses, and trucks. Results show that at lower speeds, vehicles give better performance in case of energy harvesting speed bumps than conventional bumps and this performance is more improved for heavy duty vehicles. Additionally, the sensitivities of suspension performance and harvestable power to the speed bump energy harvester, [SBEH], parameters are investigated and addressed. This parameter sensitivity study demonstrates that SBEH mass, SBEH equivalent damping, and the maximum allowable displacement of the bump have significant effect on the suspension performance and the harvestable power. So we use also Genetic Algorithm (GA) based on multi-objective optimization techniques to search the optimal values of these significant parameters of the SBEH considering the trade-off between ride comfort, road handling, and harvested energy.

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Design, modeling and test of a novel speed bump energy harvester

Cited by 16 publications

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Energy harvesting from pavements and roadways: A comprehensive review of technologies, materials, and challenges

Energy harvesting from pavements and roadways: A comprehensive review of technologies, materials, and challenges

Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting Technology: Key to Sustainability in Transportation Systems

Performance Evaluation and Parameter SensitivityofSpeed Bump Energy HarvesterPassed by Various Vehicles

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