Design and Development of KERS For Bicycle
Design and Development of KERS For Bicycle
system is efficient in storing the energy normally lost in and operations like cutting, forming, setup, full
braking and returned it for boosting. welding and assembling components made from
Pavan Kumar L N5 His paper he reviewed about the raw material. A brief description of selection of
mechanical kinetic energy recovery system by means of raw
flywheel which uses kinetic energy to propel when it is
made to stop and redirected to start again. The design 6. Tests and Results: Tests and the results are been
parameters were took from this literature survey for published in the results chapter.
calculating kinetic energy, flywheel, chain drive and
length of the sprocket VI. FABRICATION AND ASSEMBLY DETAILS
FABRICATION
III. PROBLEM DEFINITION A brief description of selection of raw material is given
Kinetic energy recovery system stores energy when the below.
vehicle is breaking and return it when accelerating and
vehicles with KERS are able to harness some of this Rectangular Frame
kinetic energy and in doing so it will assist in braking. In The rectangular frame carries the entire assembly. It is
an flat road, the rider must maintain a fixed cruising made up of mild steel.
speed to get from point to point overcoming the Flywheel
intersections, cars, vehicles and turns in the road which The flywheel is mounted at the centre of the rectangular
forces the rider to reduce speed and accelerate by this the shaft by means of a shaft. The flywheel wheel we have
human energy which is feed here will get lost in greater selected is of Tata Sumo vehicle
amount and this is the point where the project comes to .
force Shaft
The shaft holds the flywheel mounted on the rectangular
IV. OBJECTIVES frame it also hold a clutch plate and bearings on either
side of the flywheel. It is made up of mild steel
1. To design a KERS Bicycle.
2. To develop a unit which must meet all the Chain drive
requirements i.e., in terms of cost, reliability, A chain drive connects the flywheel to the rear wheel.
3. Maintenance and stability. The energy stored in the flywheel is transferred to the
4. To develop the designed model. rear wheel through chain drive and we have used chain
5. To carry out the analysis. and sprocket type drive
6. To carryout test-drive
ASSEMBLY
V. METHODOLOGY After all the components are prepared according to the
drawings provided to the operator all the components are
1. Literature Survey: In this stage by studying assembled in the following sequence
various journals papers, books, reference
materials. 1. A normal bicycle is chosen to build a KERS
bicycle.
2. Problem Definition: once the literature survey 2. The fabricated rectangular frame is welded to
done, the problem definition will come axles of the bicycle.
3. A shaft is mounted on one of the bar of the
3. Detailed Design: Detailed design is the phase bicycle in the center
where the design is refined and plans, 4. The flywheel and clutch plate are mounted on
specifications and estimates are created. that shaft,
Detailed design will include outputs such as 2D 5. A chain drive is fixed to one end of the flywheel
and 3D models, cost build up estimates, shaft and rear wheel.
procurement plans etc. This phase is where the 6. A clutch wire is connected from the clutch plate
full cost of the project is identified to front brake section.
We have used the formulas for calculation of
kinetic energy from the flywheel, clutch plate,
shaft and sprocket
VII. TEST RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives, 2011,
This test was carried out to find out how much pedalling 2011.6036455
power can be saved by having KERS bicycle. This was
[4] Sreevalsan S Menon, Sooraj M S, Sanjay Mohan,
done by riding the bicycle on a ground and initial
Rino Disney, Suneeth Sukumaran, Design and Analysis
pedalling was given same and noted down the distance at
Of Kinetic Energy Recovery System In Bicycles, Vol 2,
which the bicycle stops when flywheel is not being
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connected. Then taken 10 m back point from the stopping
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distance. The experiment was again done by riding cycle
with flywheel coupled from 10 m side and noted down [5] Pavan Kumar L N, Dileepraj H M & Dikshith M E,
the extra distance that was covered by the bicycle and the Kinetic Energy Recovery System Bicycle, International
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TABLE I
[6] Kevin Ludlum, Optimizing Flywheel Design for use
Number of Trials Distance Covered
as a Kinetic Energy Recovery System for a Bicycle,
Flywheel Flywheel
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2 10 10.76
3 10 10.72 [7] K. Mahadevan, K Balaveera Reddy, Design Data –
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VIII. CONCLUSION
As many mating parts are present large amount of friction
loss is found in this system which can be improved.
Boost is reduced because of friction, continuously
variable transmission can be implemented to this system
which would prove in drastic improvement in energy
transmissions. Ergonomics was the greatest challenge and
it can be improved by providing cushioning or placing
the flywheel in some other places
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