Renewable energy sources using piezoelectric sensors and solar panels By Tanveer Ahmed
Renewable energy sources using piezoelectric sensors and solar
panels
By
Tanveer Ahmed
Abstract The utilization of waste energy of foot power with human locomotion is
very much relevant and important for highly populated countries like
India and China where the roads, railway stations, bus stands, temples, etc.
are all over crowded and millions of people move around the clock. And
With about 300 clear, sunny days in a year, India's theoretically calculated
solar energy incidence on its land area alone, is about 5,000 trillion
kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year The solar energy available in a year exceeds
the possible energy output of all fossil fuel energy reserves in India.
In this project we are generating electrical power by non-conventional
method by simply walking or running on the foot step and by solar panels.
Use of embedded technology makes this system efficient and reliable.
Hardware requirements
Power supply
LCD display
ADC
Inverter
Voltage sampler
Rechargeable battery
Piezo-electric transducer
Solar panel
8051 microcontroller
AC Ripple neutralizer
Block diagram
8051
Power supply
Solar panel
A C ripple neutralizer
Piezo electric transducers
Quantizing and Encoding
LCD
Rechargeable battery loadinverter
Voltage sampler
Circuit diagram
Power circuit Bridge rectifier or smoothing circuit is used to remove
ripples from dc output of rectifier.
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7805
C1
C2
5V
12V
C
C=1000uF C1,C2=104pF R1,R2=330
R1
R2
8051 MICROCONTROLLER
MICROCONTROLLER
The 8051 is a low-power, high-performance CMOS 8-bit
microcontroller with 8K bytes of in-system programmable
Flash memory.
The device is manufactured using Atmel’s high-density
nonvolatile memory technology and is compatible with the
industry- standard 80C51 instruction set and pin out.
Pin diagram of the 8051 DIP
Among its major features are its lightweight
construction, its portability, and its ability to be
produced in much larger screen sizes than are
practical for the construction of cathode ray tube
(CRT) display technology.
Pin:1 Ground
Pin:2 Vcc +5V
Pin:3 Contrast control
Pin:4 Register select (RS)
Pin:5 Read/Write (RD/WR)
Pin:6 Enable (EN)
Pin:7 – 14 pins all are data pins D0 – D7
Pin:15 Vcc +5V }
Pin:16 Ground }
Invertor and ADC A power inverter, or inverter, is a device or circuitry that changes direct
current (DC) to alternating current (AC).
The ADC0808 data acquisition component is a monolithic CMOS device
with an 8-bit analog-to-digital converter,8-channel multiplexer and
microprocessor compatible control logic.
The ADC0808 offers high speed, high accuracy, minimal temperature
dependence, excellent long-term accuracy and repeatability, and consumes
minimal power.
Voltage sampler In electronics, a sample and hold (S/H, also "follow-and-hold") circuit is
an analog device that samples (captures, grabs) the voltage of a
continuously varying analog signal and holds (locks, freezes) its value at a
constant level for a specified minimum period of time.
They are typically used in analog-to-digital converters to eliminate
variations in input signal that can corrupt the conversion process.
A typical sample and hold circuit stores electric charge in a capacitor and
contains at least one FET (field effect transistor) switch and at least
one operational amplifier . To sample the input signal the switch connects
the capacitor to the output of a buffer amplifier.
The buffer amplifier charges or discharges the capacitor so that the voltage
across the capacitor is practically equal, or proportional to, input voltage.
Solar Panels Solar panel refers to a panel designed to absorb the sun's rays as a
source of energy for generating electricity or heating.
This process uses semiconductors which when excited by the photons,
release a free electron that is then lose to flow as current.
silicon solar cells can reach efficiencies of around 18%
and more expensive space grade solar cells made from triple junction
gallium arsenide can reach about 32% efficiency in production models.
Piezoelectric effect A piezoelectric sensor is a
device that uses the piezoelectric
effect to
measure pressure, acceleration,
strain or force by converting
them to an electrical signal.
The piezoelectric effect was
discovered in 1880 by two
French physicists,
brothers Pierre and Paul-
Jacques Curie, in crystals of
quartz, tourmaline, and Rochelle
salt . In Greek work piezein,
which means "to press.“
working The power from solar panels is rectified and
smoothened to be stored in rechargeable battery and so is for piezoelectric transducers.
When supply is cut we use the power stored in battery or on a sunny day we use solar power or on a crowded day we use piezo-electric power as our main aim is to economize power.
The LCD is used do display the output voltage at the load or battery
we will have power during power cuts and faults also.
Advantages No green house gases.
Decentralization of power or being self-reliant .
Solar energy avoids politics and price volatility (no tension of current bills).
Saving eco-systems and livelihoods (no use of raw materials).
Supplying additional power to grid may be paid.
The whole system is rugged so carefree and maintenance free life (solar panels have 30 -40 years warranty and piezo devices are very tough).
Other advantages of piezo devices are condition , structural health , data monitoring and transmission , product monitoring such as sensors in machines.
conclusion The project “
” is successfully tested and implemented which is the best
economical, affordable energy solution to common people.
This can be used for many applications in rural areas where power
availability is less or totally absence.
As India is a developing country where energy management is a big
challenge for huge population. By using this project we can drive
both A.C. as well as D.C loads according to the force we applied on
the piezo electric sensor.
By observing India large population and crowded places, and also
with above 300 sunny days an year this project would be a perfect
solution to clear india’s energy deficit.
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