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    Kinetic Roads: Made By:-Muthuvel ROLL NO.:-18BCE8008 Civil Engineering

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    This document describes kinetic roads, which generate electricity by harnessing the kinetic energy from vehicles driving over them. Kinetic energy increases with speed. The roads were invented by Peter Hughes and use piezoelectric materials to convert mechanical energy from passing vehicles into electric energy to power lights and charge electric cars. While renewable, initial costs are high and constant movement is needed to effectively generate energy. Estimates show kinetic roads could power thousands of streetlights at a lower daily cost than traditional methods.

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    Kinetic Roads: Made By:-Muthuvel ROLL NO.:-18BCE8008 Civil Engineering

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    This document describes kinetic roads, which generate electricity by harnessing the kinetic energy from vehicles driving over them. Kinetic energy increases with speed. The roads were invented by Peter Hughes and use piezoelectric materials to convert mechanical energy from passing vehicles into electric energy to power lights and charge electric cars. While renewable, initial costs are high and constant movement is needed to effectively generate energy. Estimates show kinetic roads could power thousands of streetlights at a lower daily cost than traditional methods.

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    This document describes kinetic roads, which generate electricity by harnessing the kinetic energy from vehicles driving over them. Kinetic energy increases with speed. The roads were invented by Peter Hughes and use piezoelectric materials to convert mechanical energy from passing vehicles into electric energy to power lights and charge electric cars. While renewable, initial costs are high and constant movement is needed to effectively generate energy. Estimates show kinetic roads could power thousands of streetlights at a lower daily cost than traditional methods.

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    Kinetic Roads: Made By:-Muthuvel ROLL NO.:-18BCE8008 Civil Engineering

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    This document describes kinetic roads, which generate electricity by harnessing the kinetic energy from vehicles driving over them. Kinetic energy increases with speed. The roads were invented by Peter Hughes and use piezoelectric materials to convert mechanical energy from passing vehicles into electric energy to power lights and charge electric cars. While renewable, initial costs are high and constant movement is needed to effectively generate energy. Estimates show kinetic roads could power thousands of streetlights at a lower daily cost than traditional methods.

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    KINETIC ROADS

    MADE BY:-MUTHUVEL
    ROLL NO.:-18BCE8008
    CIVIL ENGINEERING
    KINETIC ENERGY

    • It is an abundant energy of movement.


    • They have the availability to create movement that can be harnessed and produce
    energy such as wind power, hydro-electric power and thermal power.
    • The kinetic energy increases by a factor of four when the speed of the material is
    doubled.
    INTRODUCTION

    • This electro-kinetic road ramp is a method of generating electricity by harnessing


    the kinetic energy of automobiles that drive over the road.
    • The road ramp was invented by Peter Hughes, an electrical and mechanical engineer
    who is employed by Highway Energy Systems Ltd.
    • Harnessing Kinetic energy involves building and maintaining machine to allow the
    movement to effectively generate work such as wind mills, hydro-electric turbines
    and large solar panel.
    APPLICATIONS

    The proposed applications for the road ramp are:-


    • Powering street and traffic lights.
    • Heating roads in the winter to prevent ice from forming.
    • Ventilating tunnels to reduce pollution.
    ADVANTAGES

    The advantages of kinetic roads are:-


    • Production of renewable energy.
    • Availability of abundant resource.
    • Low Maintenance.
    • Very Safe.
    • It causes low discomfort to passengers.
    • The effectiveness of beng exponentially proportional to its velocity.
    DISADVANTAGES

    The disadvantages of using kinetic roads:-


    • High initial cost.
    • The challenge of keeping the movement constant.
    • The expense of harnessing the kinetic roads.
    • Effectively handling friction.
    • The limitation of only large materials producing substantial energy.
    • Insufficient energy creation as compared to other sources.
    WORKING

    • New materials will be developed to take advantage of the piezoelectric effect where
    passing vehicle causes stress on the road surface, producing voltage.
    • The materials need to withstand high strength, and provide a good balance between
    cost and the energy they produce.
    • The system we develop will then convert mechanical energy into electric energy to
    power things such as street lamp, traffic light and electric car charging point.
    • It could be also be used to provide other smart street benefit, such as real time traffic
    volume monitoring.
    ESTIMATION

    • 15 p of Kilowatt hour to power a street lamp. Therefore 2,000 to 4,000 lights can cost
    operators which in the UK tend to be local authorities, or the Highways Agency for
    motorways and trunk roads approximately between E1,800 and E3,600 per day.
    • Researchers say the cost installing and operating new road energy harvesting
    technology would be around 20% of this cost.
    CONCLUSION

    • This source of electricity is good one and should be used in more places around the
    world.
    • It is very practical and useful.
    REFERENCE

    • http://phys.org/news/2017-09-roads-power-traffic.html
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/electro-kinetic_road_ramp
    • https://www.reference.com/science/advantages-disadvantages-kinetic-energy-
    146c7f30c64a6509
    • https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/kinetic_energy
    THE END
    THANKYOU

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