Examination of Vibration Energy Harvesting in an Automobile
- Abhishek Bhardwaj ,
- SHIVAM SHANDILYA ,
- Vijeet Singh
Abstract
As observed in day-to-day life, driving on a bumpy road generates
vibrational energy in an automobile which is then dissipated by the
shock absorbers. But lately, as we progress into the energy-depleting,
energy concern awake era, energy efficiency has been a serious concern
within the automobile manufacturing industry since the production within
the 1900s, researchers realized that the energy dissipated in
traditional hydraulic shock absorbers is merit being recovered only
within the middle of 1990s. Unlike traditional suspension systems which
suppress the vibrations by dissipating the vibration energy into waste
heat, the regenerative suspension with energy harvesting shock absorbers
can convert the traditionally wasted energy into electricity. Several
different techniques followed for the energy harvesting are listed and
Two main devices namely rotary and linear electromagnetic generators are
analyzed for comfort and handling, body acceleration with and without a
generator, and also attempts is made to enunciate the importance of
energy conservation techniques in an automobile.