Low Cost Bio-Mechanical Energy Generator for Off-grid Users

Natarajan, V.; Baxi, Amit; Padmanabhan, Ramanath; Mageshkumar, Vincent

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“…The work done to alleviate poverty through engineering could also be divided by product areas rather than by these principles. Some of the product areas with the most work related to them found in the literature are cookstoves and charcoal production [150][151][152][153][154][155][156][157][158][159][160], food processing [161][162][163][164], medical products and telemedicine [77,134,[165][166][167][168][169][170][171][172][173][174][175][176][177], manufacturing systems [178][179][180][181], lighting [60,[182][183][184][185][186], electrification [87,, and mobile phones and information and communication technology (ICT) [106,[212][213][214][215]…”

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Nine Principles for Design for the Developing World as Derived From the Engineering Literature

Mattson

Wood

2014

Journal of Mechanical Design

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This paper reviews the findings of several engineering researchers and practitioners on the topic of design for the developing world. We arrange these findings into nine guiding principles aimed at helping those who are searching for effective approaches for design for the developing world. The findings reviewed come from the mechanical engineering discipline, as well as from other engineering and nonengineering disciplines. For each principle, we provide references to various studies as a means of supporting the princi-ple. We also provide a detailed example of each principle. Based on our own experience and based on the many papers reviewed, we provide a succinct list of suggestions for using each principle. Finally, we relate these nine principles to traditional design princi-ples. Ultimately, we believe that the principles introduced here help overcome the chal-lenges of design for the developing world, which are often dominated by designer unfamiliarity with poverty and foreign culture and the constraint of extreme affordability. [DOI: 10.1115/1.4027984

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“…Candid discussions of successes and failures that support this principle are provided in [16,26,[87][88][89][90][91][92][93][94][95].…”

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Nine Principles for Design for the Developing World as Derived From the Engineering Literature

Mattson

Wood

2014

Journal of Mechanical Design

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“…This method of creating power opens a plethora of creative ideas. The very commonly used method is pedalling a bicycle [8] or cranking a machine (Figure 3) and store the energy to battery. Other means of human-powered generators are the play park generators as shown in Figure 4 which promotes not only a sustainable way of generating electrical energy, but also health and fun.…”

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The House Project: A Sustainable Alternative For Rural Electrification

Taufik

2022

InternationalConferenceUNIKS

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In recent years there has been an outburst of interest in the use of renewable energy sources to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These renewable energy sources are generally putting out dc power and hence some intermediate energy conversion to ac is essential for its use. Unfortunately, this much needed conversion yields not only extra cost to the system but also introduces power loss which consequently reduces system's efficiency. This DC House project aims to utilize the dc energy directly from renewable energy sources without the need for dc to ac conversion. Besides enhancing system's efficiency while reducing cost, the DC House's main use will be in locations where utility grid is out of reach or geographically inaccessible; hence, the opportunity to promote the use of renewable energy sources while providing electricity to those people who are less fortunate.

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“…Specific opportunities for DSM in the Indian scenario are presented in [8]. Low-cost energy generation using bio-mechanical energy is presented in [9] and this provides a technology options for both offgrid users as well as on-grid users who have unreliable power. The use of casual scheduling loads with timevarying prices using stochastic dynamic programming is studied in [11] and its effect on consumer cost are reported.…”

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Multi-Layer Optimization for Load Scheduling to Manage Unreliable Grid Outages in Developing Countries

Closepet¹

2013

EPE

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This paper describes the significant cost saving opportunities for consumers in developing countries by the use of computational intelligence and demand-side-management techniques to mitigate the massive use of diesel backup during grid outages. Application of load scheduling optimization is investigated during scheduled power outages, for residential consumer in India. The specific load shifting approaches explored include a day ahead predicted load schedule which is generated by performing a DSM referring to the forecasted day ahead outage. Whereas in reality the predicted may not match the actual outage, thus in these cases a fuzzy logic rule base is referred on real time basis to take corrective action & reach the best optimal load schedule possible to attain the lowest cost. The load types modeled include passive loads and schedulable, i.e. typically heavy loads. It is found that this multi-level DSM schemes show excellent benefits to the consumer. The maximum diesel savings for the consumer due to load shifting can be approximately ranging from 45% to as high as 75% for a flat-tariff grid. The study also showed that the actual savings potential depends on the timing of power outage, duration and the specific load characteristics.

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Low Cost Bio-Mechanical Energy Generator for Off-grid Users

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Nine Principles for Design for the Developing World as Derived From the Engineering Literature

Nine Principles for Design for the Developing World as Derived From the Engineering Literature

The House Project: A Sustainable Alternative For Rural Electrification

Multi-Layer Optimization for Load Scheduling to Manage Unreliable Grid Outages in Developing Countries

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