Regenerative

System In Bicycle
Presented By :
 Sumit Gusain
 Siddharth Parihar
 Tripuresh Pandey
 Simranjeet Singh
Introduction
 With rising petrol costs, and the fact that a quarter of our
carbon emissions are caused by transport, going green and
avoiding cars makes a lot of sense. Bicycles are a great
option.
Driving in city traffic needs a big input of power, and every
time you hit the brakes all the energy you've built up is lost,
wasted in the brake pads as heat. It will be a good option to
store this energy somehow and reuse it next time to start
and to accelerate.
That's the basic concept of regenerative brakes, which are
widely used in electric trains and the latest electric cars.
Conventional Vs. Regenerative
Braking System
Conventional braking systems use friction to counteract the
forward momentum of a moving vehicle. As the brake pads
rub against the wheels, excessive heat energy is also
created. This heat energy dissipates into the air, wasting up
to 30% of the generated power. Over time, this cycle of
friction and wasted heat energy reduces the
efficiency/performance of the vehicle. More energy is
required to replace the energy lost by braking.
What we are going to do ?
Our bicycle will be an ordinary bicycle. It will has a battery
that helps to power the onboard electric motor for assisted
peddling.
 To power the onboard electric motor we will use the
Regenerative Braking Mechanism to generate energy i.e.
electricity
Regenerative Braking
System
 A regenerative brake is a mechanism that reduces vehicle
speed by converting some of its kinetic activity into another
form of energy (electricity).
Normally when you use the brakes on a bicycle, pads press
on the wheel. The resultant friction slows the wheel down
and produces waste heat. In a regenerative brake, an electric
motor is engaged on the wheel, so that the wheel turns the
motor. This effectively turns the motor into a generator –
rather than taking power in and producing motion, it takes
the motion of the wheel and produces power. And, as a side
effect of having to turn the motor, the wheel slows down.

The end effect of all this is that when you need to slow
down, rather than take all that speed and convert it to
unused heat, you can convert it to power which you can
store in a battery and use later.
Why use a bicycle ?
 A bicycle has relatively high aerodynamic drag and low
mass compared to cars. A typical electric bicycle has a drag
coefficient of 0.9 and a weight of
10(bike)+20(elec)+80(rider)=110 kgs. A Toyota Prius has a
drag coefficient of 0.26 and a curb weight of 2765 lbs or
1254.204 kgs.
Effectively, the bicycle produces 3 times the drag and is a
tenth the weight of a car. This higher aerodynamic drag
consumes energy whether we are climbing hills or just
pedalling along a flat surface and with our reduced weight
electric bicycle momentum can easily be changed with
relatively small braking power.
Hazardous Situations…
Most electric bicycles do not have regenerative braking and
gain little or no benefit from using it. Why?
Because a bicycle is a low-mass, low-speed vehicle, so it
wastes much less kinetic energy in stopping and starting
than a car or a train (a high-mass, high-speed vehicle).
Most cyclists use energy really efficiently by coasting or
freewheeling to a standstill instead of jamming hard on the
brakes, whenever they can.
Components We Need
• Bicycle
• Batteries
• Motor
• Wires
The End