Adaptive Regenerative Shocker A Project Report Submitted In partial fulfillment For the award of the degree of Bachelor of Technology

In Department of Mechanical Engineering

Project Guide: Mr. Ashish Nayyar (Reader)

Submitted by:
Varun Bhatnagar (57) Tarun Swarnkar(55) Saurabh Gupta(51) Sandeep Sharma (47) Ravi Kr. Sharma (39) Bhavin Aswar (13) Krishnaveer Singh (21)

Department of Mechanical Engineering Swami Keshvanand Institute Of Tech. Management & Gramonthan,Jaipur Rajasthan technical University January, 2012

Acknowledgement

We take this honour to express our heartiest gratitude to our project guide Mr. Ashish Nayyar (Reader) and coordinator Mr. Manoj Sain (Reader) while working on the project Adaptive Regenerative Shocker. We are very grateful to him for his instructions and imparting us the knowledge of the subject. We are also very thankful to Dr. N.K. Banthiya (HOD, Mechanical Department) for giving me the chance to work on this project and also thank Dr. S.L Surana (Director Academics) and Mr. S.K. Calla (Principal) for the same. Last but not the least I am also very grateful to my batchmates for their kind help. The resources for the completion of the project have been gathered from the internet and various refrences.

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the project entitled Adaptive Regenerative Shocker has been submitted by us for fulfillment of the partial requirement for the Degree of Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering. The work contain in this report is carried out by us under the guidance of Mr. Ashish Nayyar.

Mr. Ashish Nayyar (Reader)

Varun Bhatnagar (57) Tarun Swarnkar (55) Saurabh Gupta (51) Sandeep Sharma (47) Ravi Kr. Sharma (39) Bhavin Aswar (13) Krishanveer Singh Chundawat (21)

ADAPTIVE REGENERATIVE SHOCKER

INTRODUCTION:

Only 10-16% of the fuel energy is used to drive the vehicle (to overcome the resistance from road a friction and air drag which actually transport the vehicle forward). The rest is lost dues to breaking vibration energy dissipation, exhaust heat and other inefficiency. To harvest this lost energy the shock absorber is designed such that it converts kinetic energy between wheels and sprung mass into useful electric power.

PRINCIPLE:

In the usual shock absorber the energy goes to viscous drag of oil which ultimately heat up the oil and dissipated as waste to the atmosphere. In our case this energy is used to charge the battery, which can later be used for other purposes. The torque is generated when the current developed by the generator gets into the load (battery or heater). This electrical load gives resistance because the battery has variable resistance when it will be given more power from the generator. It will give more resistance and the torque increases. As more power is consumed by the load, hence making is adaptive regenerative shocker.

CONSTRUCTION:

It consists of RACK mashing with two diametrically opposite PINIONS. These PINIONS with other gear increasing mechanism is attached to a generator. The output from the generator will be of changing polarity as RACK moves up and down so a rectifier will be used to make this unidirectional, This will also prevent the battery from running the generator as motor (diode does

not

conduct

current

when

reverse

biased

WORKING:

As the vehicle moves over the shocks the RACK goes up and down. The RACK is in constant mash to the two diametrically opposite PINIONS which rotates the PINIONS while going up and down. The PINIONS with the gear increasing mechanism rotates the generator. The generator produces the current and transfers it to the battery after passing through suitable circuits.

PARTICULARS SHOCKER GENERATOR ABSORBER WELDING COST COPPER PIPES COPPER WELDING HANDLING COST PISTON LUBRICANT OIL RACK & PINION MISC. EXPENSES TOTAL

COST IN (Rs.) 600 1400 1500 300 350 350 700 2000 400 1700 1000 10300

ESTIMATED COST

Table 3.1 Estimated Costs

WHO THIS WILL HELP RISE?

AUTOMBILE SECTOR
How This Will help Them Rise

More mileage will result in more saving and hence upliftment.

We could recover 100 percent of the energy wasted by shocks, which would result in increase fuel efficiency in heavy vehicles on bumpy roads by up to 10 percent, which is indeed a very big amount.

RESULT:

When installed in a medium size passenger car travelling at 60-70 kmph the shock absorber can generate 200-300 watts of energy under normal driving condition which gets triples during off road condition. This improves the vehicle fuel efficiency substantially.