LPU-Laguna Journal of Engineering and Computer Studies
Vol. 4 No. 3 October 2020
Pedal Power Generation: An Implementation of Stationary Bike Generator
Ron Edward Guia, Aodrel Dave Ilagan, Lorenz Gerald Sauz, Engr. Favis Joseph Balinado
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Abstract low-impact exercise it strengthens legs and lower
body muscles.
Despite not having the whole country, electrified,
Power Generation companies still experience Objectives of the Study
shortage in supplying enough power to the grid.
This in turn results to rotational brownouts that The general objective of the project is to
we experience especially during summer. As we design and develop an equipment that can
know, most of the daily activities today require a generate electricity through manual labor. This is
stable supply of power. Automated factories may to prove that manual mechanical input can
lose millions of pesos when they are affected by produce stable power; design a system that can
rotational brownouts. That in turn affects the power small appliances; integrate a LED Display
economy and leads to more problems. The to show the battery capacity and other related
proponents aim to develop a prototype that is statistics; introduce a personal system that can
used to convert mechanical energy into electrical produce energy whenever there is a power
energy. On the other hand, it is used to harness outage.
electrical energy by means of the human effort in
doing cardio workout by using stationary bike. Related Literature
This study shows the design and development of
an alternative source of electricity in supplying What are the average calories used riding a
one household that is in rural areas. With the use Stationary Bike used for 30 minutes? [2]
stationary bike, the user can be productive in The stationary cycle may not be the most
different ways beside of being active in cardio popular in the gym floor, but it can be a good
workout but also productive in such away the buddy if you goal to do cardio workout. The
calorie burned upon using the pedal can produce average calories you burned just by riding
a certain amount of voltage that is a part of power. stationary bike in 30 minutes would be 396
calories it depends on the intensity how you
Keywords: Electrically Stable, Power engage your exercise. The stationary bike is a
Generation, Grid great help for burning calorie considering your
body weight, length of the exercise and intensity
I. INTRODUCTION level on how you work out.
Generation of electrical energy are still a big The Pedal-A-Watt Stationary Bike Power
problem to the Philippines. Especially on rural Generator: create energy and get fit [3]
areas. The product is forced to be made for
A stationary bicycle is usually a special- those people who are interested in keeping fit and
purpose exercise machine resembling a bicycle producing energy as well. It converts the pedal
without wheels. It is also possible to adapt an power of the bike to generate energy that can be
ordinary bicycle for stationary exercise by stored in a power pack. The average rider can
placing it on bicycle rollers or a trainer. Rollers produce 200 watts for an hour that can light up 25
and trainers are often used by racing cyclists to watt of fluorescent light bulb for eight hours.
warm up before racing, or to train on their own
machines indoors. [1] How charge controller works [4]
Benefits of stationary bicycle are also safer than A charge controller is a special part of a
to an ordinary bicycle, even though it provides a nearly all power systems that used to charge
batteries in different power sources such as solar
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panels, wind, hydro, fuel, or the utility grid. Its the amount of current that can produce 6,000
purpose is to keep your deep cycle batteries RPM. They used three different constant speed of
properly fed and safe for the long term. It also the engine 750 RPM the idle speed, 1500 and
blocks reverse current and prevent battery to 3000 RPM are the cruise speed. The data
experienced overcharge. Some controllers also gathering is provided by tachometer, a digital
prevent over discharged, protection for electrical multi-meter use to measure battery`s voltage, and
overload, and/or display battery status and the AC/DC clamp is used to measure alternator
flow of power. current output. The study proves that the faster
Controlling battery charging is so alternator spin, more power it produces
important that the most manufactures of batteries proportion to the faster charging rate of the
to specify the requirements for voltage battery
regulation, low voltage disconnect and
temperature compensation. When these limits are Generation of electricity by running on a leg-
not followed, the battery will fail to reach its powered treadmill [7]
normal life expectancy This study deals about today’s world
global warming & other related environmental
Difference between a normal lead-acid car issues becomes an important matter of concern in
battery and a deep cycle battery [5] the angle of environmental pollution. To tackle
The normal Lead-Acid car Battery is this problem, they must decrease our dependence
designed to provide a very large amount of on fossil fuel especially for generation of
current on the engine for a very short period. electricity and increase the use of green-energy or
Which this surge of current will turn over the environment friendly method of electricity
engine during starting. As the engine starts, the generation. This paper will discuss about a
alternator will produce power that the car needs, treadmill which can generate electricity when
and this car battery may go through its entire life someone running on its track. Treadmill is
without ever being drained more than 20% of the generally used for walking or running while
total capacity. staying in the same place. If someone runs on the
On the other hand, Deep cycle batteries track of this machine for one hour, then it will
is designed to provide a steady amount of current generate certain amount of electric energy which
over a long period of time. It is also designed to will be enough to lighting a LED bulb up to 10 to
be deeply discharged repeatedly; in this situation 12 hours.
it will damage a car battery very quickly. Also, to
accomplish this, the deep cycle battery needs Improved performance alternator with fully
thicker plates. integrated Switched-Mode Rectifier [8]
The technology of automotive alternators
Experimental Study on the effect of alternator was advanced using Power Electronics Circuits.
speed to the car charging system [6] This device used Switched-Mode Rectifier
This study does energy audit on (SMR) allows the alternator to run at a load-
alternator`s current output and battery`s voltage matches condition, optimizing power and
based on alternator speed. In the present day the efficiency overall operating speeds. But the use
demand of power automobile is always of SMR`s has been focused on 42 Volts
increasing. As the technology develops, more and Alternators. This study aims to design, build and
more advance electrical devices installed in characterization of an SMR-based alternator that
vehicles were produced. In this situation this improves power and efficiency at the present
study occurs to cope the demand, it will help to automotive standard of fourteen volts. This SMR-
find out the effect of speed on charging the based machines are built from commercial
system. electronics devices so that it could be fully
The experiment used a Proton Preve 1.6 integrated into alternator physical presentation
manual car. The alternator testing and labelling without impacting the physical structure or
standards indicate the rated output an alternator is reliability. This alternator was characterized in
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laboratory environment (250C ambient II. METHODOLOGY
temperature) over the standard operating speed of
1500 rpm to 6000 rpm. Based on the data
gathered the alternator load-matched condition,
gathering a maximum power output up to 2400
rpm and achieved cruising speed output power of
2178W at full field current of 4.3A
Alternator Torque Model Based on Equivalent
Circuit of Synchronous Generator of Electric
Figure 1. IPO Chart
Power Management [9]
This design presents an alternator model
Conceptual Framework
suitable for electric power management research.
The proposed model estimates the alternator
With a requirement of 1680-1960 rpm to
driving torque under various driving conditions,
produce an output of 12-14v, a belt ratio of 8:1
such as engine speed, output current, and
was used, three different tests were carried out,
generation voltage. Through field - wound - type
with results on the tables below. The following
synchronous generator, Base equation were
tests were done on 15 minutes of constant rpm.
derived by its equivalent circuit and phasor
diagram. This project also tests by Short and
200 rpm
Open circuit tests. Validation tests were also
With 200 rpm, due to the belt ratio, we
performed to evaluate model accuracy under
achieved 1600rpm. For 15 minutes we try to
several representative driving conditions. The
make our rpm as close to 200 as possible
proposed model was effective way to research
producing an average voltage of 11-12v per
power management, this was proven by case
minute with current of 10.4615A.
study.
250 rpm
Towards better alternator efficiency [10]
With 250 rpm, we achieved 2000 rpm.
This thesis was proposed in Linkoping
Producing an average voltage of 13.5-14.5v per
University, Sweden. The alternator model is used
minute which is in the optimal required output of
together with data recorded from different buses
12-14v with current of 13.0769A.
all over the world, this to be able to investigate
how the alternator contributes to the fuel
300 rpm
consumption depending on the way that the buses
With 300 rpm, we achieved 2400 rpm.
are driven. The model is supposed to consider all
Producing an average voltage of 16-17.5v with
losses in the alternator and together with the
current of 15.6923A, which is above the required
output power give an efficiency model of
voltage, but using the charge controller, we can
alternator at different speeds and loads. The great
reduce it to 12-14v to not overcharge the battery
part of this study has been dealing in magnetic
used in storing the electricity.
losses. So, the design is based on the alternator
used in vehicle as a salient pole alternator. The
result of this thesis is a mathematical model that
describes the losses in the alternator for different
load cases and speeds.
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Hardware Specifications Flow Chart
Stationary Bike
The stationary bike is commonly found
in fitness establishments. It offers great work out
opportunity as it tones the whole body.
Brushless Dc Motor
A variation of the motor with the
distinction that it has no brushes. It provides
smoother rotation and less maintenance since
there are no contact points between the moving
parts
Bridge Rectifier
It converts and regulates AC Voltage into
DC Voltages. Its primary purpose is to control the Figure 2. Flow Chart of the Concept
voltage and current to enter the battery and the
outlets of the prototype. III. CONCLUSIONS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
Charger Controller
Primarily used in Solar photovoltaic Conclusions
systems, it displays the state of charge of the
battery and acts as a protective device to prevent To produce the desired amount of power
overloading by automatically cutting of charging from the designed stationary bike generator the
when the battery is full and diverting electricity proponent put up a display where it shows the
straight to the load. total amount of calories loss in desired time of
usage.
12V5Ah/20HR Lead Acid Battery Another parameter to consider is the best
The lead- acid battery was invented I rating of a DC Brushless motor that function as a
1859 by French physicist Gaston plante and is the generator in this study. According to the
oldest type of rechargeable battery. Despite proponents, the rating of Brushless motor in KV
having a very low energy to weight ratio and a shows how many turns required to produce 1 volt.
low energy to volume ratio, its ability to supply The ratio of producing voltage, the numerical
high surge currents means that the cells have a number of ratings of the motor in KV to the
relatively large power to weight ratio. number of turns is 1:1.
12V DC 3 Watts Light Bulb Recommendations
An incandescent light bulb, incandescent
lamp or incandescent light globe is an electric Best dynamic design to produce more
light with a wire filament heated to such a high rotation in the shaft of the motor for more
temperature that it glows with visible light production of power and shorten the involvement
(incandescence). of losses. More supported needs that can sustain
the comfortability of a person. If future research
will be conducted to improve the operation of this
device, it is suggested that there should be a
deeper focus on the design and location of the
components used to increase the visual
presentation.
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