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Energy Harvesting From Merry-go-round

Year : 2018

Mentors : Sandip Mehta

Students involved : Mehta Mit(14BIC025), Shah Rahil(14BIC064)

Project : Link

Abstract: In India one of the major problem is electricity. Till today, there are some areas in India with lack of electricity. It seems quite difficult to find an area especially in remote regions where there isn’t always electricity. Hence we provide solution for such places. So the solution is to built an automated system which will efficiently generate electricity while playing. The dynamo connected to merry-go-round is considered as a good choice. As the merry-go-round in the playground rotates, the shaft of the dynamo (12V, 6W) connected to it rotates which produces electricity and this electricity is used to charge the 24V Lead-Acid battery. The charge is stored during the day-time will be used in the night time as a back-up to light the torches with other appliances along with some small chores in the garden through-out the day.