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ahsanmirza48
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Greetings.
My friends and I are working on a "mechanical to electrical energy" project, and we're facing a huge problem with the basic design of our system.
Basically, we wanted to make use of a system where a person would 'step on' a pedal or a tile, whatever you may want to call it, which would be connected to a series of pulleys, generators, and a circuit, which would, as a result, store the generated energy. The idea is to connect all the fore mentioned components in such a way, that when some force is applied to the pedal, it would make a pulley move, which would, in turn, make the generator's rotor move, enabling us to store the generated energy.
This is how we want it to work:
Before: http://tinypic.com/r/2mcvmft/5
After: http://tinypic.com/r/348frmd/5
As you can see, we have used magnets, and their ability to repel, to make the pulley move/turn. However, there is a major flaw in this idea. Although the magnets we are using are the strongest available magnets, they just do not move the pulley. The pulley and generator are connected, tightly, through a belt. Since the 'tightness' adds more weight to the pulley, it does not allow the pulley to be moved by the magnetic repulsion.
I need some urgent help. I want to keep the basic structure of the project same, i.e. to make the pulley move continuously when some force is applied to the stepping platform, allowing energy to be generated continuously, and when the force is removed, the energy generation stops. If anyone can help me in this matter, the help would be greatly appreciated.
PS: We do not want to use a DC Motor to make the pulley turn, since that would just make the system from a mech-elec to a elec-mech-elec.
- Ahsan
My friends and I are working on a "mechanical to electrical energy" project, and we're facing a huge problem with the basic design of our system.
Basically, we wanted to make use of a system where a person would 'step on' a pedal or a tile, whatever you may want to call it, which would be connected to a series of pulleys, generators, and a circuit, which would, as a result, store the generated energy. The idea is to connect all the fore mentioned components in such a way, that when some force is applied to the pedal, it would make a pulley move, which would, in turn, make the generator's rotor move, enabling us to store the generated energy.
This is how we want it to work:
Before: http://tinypic.com/r/2mcvmft/5
After: http://tinypic.com/r/348frmd/5
As you can see, we have used magnets, and their ability to repel, to make the pulley move/turn. However, there is a major flaw in this idea. Although the magnets we are using are the strongest available magnets, they just do not move the pulley. The pulley and generator are connected, tightly, through a belt. Since the 'tightness' adds more weight to the pulley, it does not allow the pulley to be moved by the magnetic repulsion.
I need some urgent help. I want to keep the basic structure of the project same, i.e. to make the pulley move continuously when some force is applied to the stepping platform, allowing energy to be generated continuously, and when the force is removed, the energy generation stops. If anyone can help me in this matter, the help would be greatly appreciated.
PS: We do not want to use a DC Motor to make the pulley turn, since that would just make the system from a mech-elec to a elec-mech-elec.
- Ahsan