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Regenerative Braking System For Energy Harvesting From Railways
And Vehicles
Abstract
When brake is applied in vehicles and in trains, a significant amount of kinetic energy that is
available because of the movement of the vehicle is wasted in the form of both the power used for
applying the brake and also the power lost as heat in the break. This power is a significant amount of
power and if it could be saved then it can be used for additional applications also. This can be
achieved using regenerative braking.
In regenerative braking instead of the conventional frictional braking system, a different mechanical
system is used, wherein when the brake is applied instead of a conventional frictional braking
system, a generator is mechanically connected to the wheel. The generator acts as a huge load and
stops the vehicle. But in the time duration between the brake being applied and the vehicle coming
to a total halt, the generator is running using the rotation of the wheel.
The rotation of the generation in the duration between the braking and the vehicle coming to a halt
produces significant power. This power can be stored in any power storage device like a battery or a
capacitor bank. Additionally this power can be used for powering other electrical devices within a
vehicle or a train.
In this project a prototype of a regenerative braking system will be demonstrated. For the
demonstration of the project a wheel will be used to which a small regenerative braking system will
be connected to demonstrate the power being produce through regenerative braking.Additionally in
the project a labview based interface will be used to simulate and present the results of the
regenerative braking system.

Existing System
1. In the existing system, Conventional braking system is used, in which the power generated
during the vehicle to halt has been wasted.

Proposed System
1. In regenerative braking system, significant amount of power can be saved
2. So that the power can be used for additional applications.
3. Virtual Instrumentation is used so that various electrical quantities like current, voltage and
power can be produced as waveforms and graphs instead of showing the information as a
numerical data.

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Block Diagram


ARM / PIC
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GPIO
ROM
RAM
CLOCK
Wheel
Capacitor
Bank
Generator
Current
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Voltage
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USB to UART Interface
USB Port
Converter
IC
UART
Interface
PC
Load
Application
POWER SUPPLY
Power
Adapter
Reverse
Protection
Voltage
Regulators
Power LED
REGENERATIVE BRAKING SYSTEM-TRAIN MODULE
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Software Tools
LPCXpresso IDE / MPLAB IDE
EAGLE
Orcad
Labview
Embedded C

Hardware Required
ARM LPC11U67 / PIC18F45K22
Generator
Capacitor Bank
PC Interface

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