Development And Management Of Footstep Power Generator System

1. Describe the processes of development and management of systems over the systems life cycle
2. Critically evaluate the importance of feedback control loop and human factors in the preliminary and detailed system design
3.Critically evaluate and report the common management processes used in the development, implementation and disposal of real or simulated systems
4.Apply appropriate processes in the optimisation of systems using reliability testing, sustainability and evaluation

Footstep power generator will be an evolution in the field of the power generation as it will be introducing the new way of recyclable energy that can meet the need and requirements of the users. Power has been always crucial for the development and growth of the country and hence, there is a genuine need of the non-conventional energy in manner to reduce the loss of energy and make the environment free from pollution (Arvind et al. 2016). This problem has been considered as an issue for the entire world and hence, the research is being driven on the footstep power generation that can be used as the vital source of energy for delivering the needs and requirements of the users. The purpose of this report is to propose the preliminary design and the detailed design of the proposed project in manner to deliver it in an efficient and effective manner. The analysis being proposed in this report will be helpful in identifying the reliability of the proposed project within the existing real world. This could be the future integrated source of power as the conventional source of energies are getting limited and the human kind needs a source of energy that can meet the increasing needs and demands. Previously proposed project emphasized on the specifications of the footstep power generator and the conceptual design for the growth and development of the project.

This project will assure that the society and local community will be able to avail the services as per their needs and demands related to the availability and production of electricity. The proposed project will be delivering the preliminary design of the project that will be highlighting how the footstep generator could be installed and could be utilized for the production of the electricity. An evaluation is performed in this report that is efficient and effective enough for the identification of the efficiency of the proposed project and it was identified that the project will be highly reliable and sustainable considering the future requirements of the human beings.

The preliminary design will be acting as the bridge between the conceptual design and the detailed design that will be proposed in the next phase of this report. This section will be emphasizing on the activities of the project development from its very initial stage. The initial stage was to analyse the existing situation and problems in the power generation that has been already done in previous assignment (Dev, Arora and Sekhar 2015). Thereafter, the proposition of the footstep generator will be the next step. The piezoelectric sensor is the major component for this project that could be spread within the populated industry for the management of the large amount of electric production.  

The users will be the common people and simple principle of energy conversion will be used for the generation of the electricity (Larson and gray 2015). There will be not any extra effort spent on the generation of the electricity, as the individuals walking over the roads or the places where the footstep generator is fixed. The collected kinetic energy will be transferred into dc form through the functioning of the piezoelectric sensor and thereafter, the collected energy could be stored in battery for further application. This stored energy can be transferred to the needful areas via cabling for allowing the users to avail the services (Kamboj et al. 2017). However, the system development strategies and the management style will be the most crucial for the successful development and deployment of this project in the real world. Following figure can be helpful in predicting the steps and benefits those could be gained via successful delivery of this project.

Detailed Design

The above picture explains how the individual walking on the respective area will be transferring the motion in the piezoelectric sensor and the circuit will be used to collect and store the electricity produced by the piezoelectric sensor (Xie and Cai 2014). The stored, electricity can be transferred to the respective needed areas and sectors using the means of the cable. This is the functioning of the operations related to the transformation of the mechanical energy into electrical energy.

The detailed design will be emphasizing on the components and the functioning of the footstep power generator in much detailed manner. The piezoelectric sensor will be the most crucial component for the delivery of the project and it will be playing the most vital role in converting the kinetic energy produced via walking into electrical energy of same value as that is being spent in vain (Hwang et al. 2015).  

The detailed design proposed above explains the complicated circuit behind the instalment and processing of the piezoelectric device under the roads or the streets or the areas where there is high mobility. It also explains the electrical and electronic components those are necessary for this conversion and assuring that the efficiency of the conversion is high.

The proposed project will be converting the kinetic energy into electrical energy through the application of the piezoelectric sensor. The piezoelectric effects the basic principle of the proposed system that results in the production of electricity when mechanical forces are applied to the plain materials within the certain planes. The conservation of energy is the basic principle for the production of the electricity using this sensor that allows the conversion of the mechanical or kinetic energy into the electrical energy (Boby et al. 2014). An array of the piezoelectric sensors can be deployed in a series in manner to make sure that the developed network produces electrical power of reasonable amount. 10 piezoelectric sensors can be established in series for the production of 9 volts and 1000 mA that can be efficient and effective for providing power to the LEDs. The most applicable sensors in the present scenario is utilizing the PVDF and PZT, and the filters are being utilized in manner to control the output voltages.

As mentioned above, only 10 piezo electric sensors connected in series can generate 9 V, 1000 mA, voltage and current respectively (Hua et al. 2018). Thus, establishing a network with maximum number of the piezoelectric sensor can be helpful in producing enough electricity that can allow the street lights to enough lighting and manage the electricity for the society. This can allow the mechanical and kinetic energy being wasted over the roads and the streets to be transformed into electric energy and assure that enough energy can be produced for feeding the necessary requirements of the individuals. The problem of power source can be eliminated using this technology as installing hundreds of the piezo electric sensor would allow the society to produce enough electricity (Dev, Arora and Sekhar 2015). The proposed project will be valid for the society in managing the electric production and assuring that the developed project will be capable enough for the management and delivery of the power generation. The proposed project could be the lifeline for the future and hence, the validation of the project could last longer.

System Test, Evaluation, Validation, and Optimization Processes

It is being estimated that the world will not have much non-conventional source of energy in future and hence, the need of the conventional source of energy will be vital in future (Modi et al. 2016). The mechanical stress and strain could be easily obtained from lots of the activities included in the project. The individuals walking, vehicles running, and many activities those can generate mechanical energy and allow the footstep generator to produce enough electricity that can allow the production of the electricity.

Innovation can be added to this project through gathering the mechanical energy from the waves of water and high speed of the wind through attaching the pinions and the wheels those can alternatively allow the project to be successful. Conversion of the energy is very crucial for the advanced future as it would be assuring the application of all the wired and wireless devices those are planning to be implemented in the future (Nibras, Senanayakalage and Shaffer  2017). The proposed project if deployed in very large area would be possibly capable of supplying the electricity through the entire city if piezoelectric sensors or the footstep generator is successfully installed within the mobile areas. These introductions can be helpful in meeting the needs and requirements of the future and supporting in the development of a sustainable society that is pollution free. This will be the major point of concern for the future and hence, the sustainability factor can also be managed and achieved through the deployment of the factor that can be necessary for the deployment of the footstep power generation.

Reliability and sustainability are the two major factors based on which the evaluation can be delivered in much reliable way. These factors can be considered in manner to identify the efficiency of the proposed system and assuring that the benefits can be availed in an easy manner. The reliability can be managed through the availability of the input for the production of the electricity (Muhammad et al. 2016). The mechanical and kinetic energy are being waste throughout the cities and world either walking individual or the moving car on the roads. Thus, there will always the availability of the input that could to transform in the electrical form and necessary energy can be developed in an efficient and effective manner. This situation results in the high reliability on the project for future adoption as a source of energy that can meet the basic needs and requirements of the electricity.

Budget plan for the development of the footstep power generator:

Total no of generator required for 1 km = 3280

Total cost for the establishment of piezoelectric sensors and footstep power generator will be: $ 10,000

Sustainability factor will be another considerable factor for the evaluation of the proposed project in the real-world application. Since there is no any residual left for after the transformation of the mechanical energy into electrical energy and thus, the developed project will assure that the sustainability factor is being adhered through the adoption of this technique and the project is very successful in the future (Kurt et al. 2017). The productivity will be the real component for this undertaking as the gathered vitality must be effectively changing over the gathered mechanical vitality into electric vitality. Since, the gathered vitality will be put away in DC frame and in this manner, battery stockpiling will be vital for gathering the changed over vitality and putting away it for a considerable length of time that it very well may be material for the purchasers. Following result proposes the efficiency and reliability of the piezoelectric sensor in the adoption of this strategy for the functioning and delivery.

The created power would be fit for utilizing the house hold electric items including LEDs, Fans, and other family unit apparatuses. The framework will be investigated considering the utilization and creation proportion in way to make it material enough for the whole utilization (Kamboj et al. 2017). The created framework ought to be sufficiently productive for the administration of ordinary citizens needs and necessities identified with the power utilization.

Conclusion

It can be concluded that the proposed project can be a successful approach towards the introduction of the power source that can meet the increasing rate of the conventional source of energy. The piezo electric principle allows the development of successful footstep power generator development and allowing a wide range of the application. The above report proposed the preliminary design and the detailed design of the footstep power generator in manner to assure that the preliminary approach for the development of the proposed project. The detailed design explains the circuit design of the project and how the mechanical energy is being transformed through the application of the piezoelectric sensor and utilize the mechanical energy in an efficient and effective manner. Based on the above project it can also be concluded that the evaluation of the proposed project result in defining the high reliability and the sustainability and thus, making it more applicable for the present and future world. 

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