WALK-N-

CHARGE
Real time battery charging system
by human walking

Presented by:
G Navya
HT No:16017T1201
Under the guidance of
Sumalatha madam
 TOPICS TO BE COVERED
1. Problem definition
2. Introduction to walk-charger
3. What is Walk-charger
4. Components of Walk-Charger
5. Snapshot of Walk-Charger
6. Piezo cell
7. Operations of Walk Charger
8. Why is the Device put in the Heel
9. Various Concepts used to Produce Electricity
- 9.1 Gear Box
- 9.2 Solenoid
10. Usage of Walk Charger
11. Improvements
12. Conclusion
13. Reference
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 1.Problem Definition
• Generating Electricity and to meet its
demand is a big challenge in today’s world .
• Generating energy from motion called
kinetic energy which can be converted into
electricity can be said as green energy.
• Green energy can be very useful to charge
various devices like mobile, torch lamp, mini
fan, navigation tools, etc
• Hence the proposed work in the form of
walk-charger is a sincere effort to solve the
above mentioned energy issues.

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2.Introduction to Walk-charger
• Walk-charger generates green energy by
converting energy in motion to electrical
energy.

• Scope of walk-charger: It can be scaled from

mini charging like mobile upto medium devices
charging like laptops and tablet.

• In walk-charger the three various concepts

that can be used to produce electricity are
1. Gear box
2. Solonoid
3. Piezo cell
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3.WHAT IS WALK-
CHARGER ?

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4.COMPONENTS OF WALK-CHARGER

The model of the WALK CHARGER is a shoe

with:
 a thick heel to insert a device into it &
 simultaneously maintain the height of the
shoe.

The main circuit consists of:

 a miniature gearbox
 spring
 a 3000 to 4000 rolled copper wire
 magnets
 wires and mobile battery &
 piezocell
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 5.SNAPSHOT of WALK-CHAGER
LED
In the finished
product the
hammer wont
be there, it
just to show
the pressure
being applied
to Piezo cell
below it

Piezo cell

HAMMER STORAGE
CELL
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 6. PIEZO ELECTRICITY

• Piezoelectricity is the electric

charge that accumulates in certain solid
materials (such as crystals, certain
ceramics, and biological matter such as
bone, DNA and various proteins) in
response to applied mechanical stress.
• When the whole sole will be covered
with Piezo cells the production will
increase.

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6. PIEZO ELECTRICITY contd..
PRESSURE IS
BEING
EXERTED GALVANOMETER

PRESSURE IS
BEING
EXERTED
Figure of Piezocell

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7. OPERATIONS OF WALK-CHARGER
• First the hammer will hit the ground,
under it the Piezocell is present.

• Due to the pressure on the cell

electricity is produced & stored in
the storage cell.

• The cell is charged now to power

different devices.
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 8.WHY IS THE DEVICE PUT IN THE HEEL ?

• While walking the maximum pressure

is felt at the heel of the shoe.
• The more the weight of the person
the more pressure is felt.
• Unless we are sprinting, we are
letting the gravity do the work so,
the perfect place for the device is
the heel.

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 9.VARIOUS CONCEPTS USED TO
PRODUCE ELECTRICITY
• In our project the two different methods
earlier used to produce electricity are:

1. GEAR BOX
2. SOLENOID

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 9.1GEAR BOX
• The hammer has been
made in such a way that it
hits the ground first as
you walk or jog and levers
up as the foot comes
down.
• The arm is clutched with a
gearbox so that with
every step, the gears turn
slightly to drive a dynamo
fitted on the side of the
shoe.
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 9.1 GEAR BOX Contd..

• This generates
electricity, which gets
stored in any storage cell.
•The electricity
generated finds its path
through wires via a
voltage regulator.

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9.2 SOLENOID

•Electromagnetic
induction is the
production of a potential
difference (voltage)
across a conductor when
it is exposed to a
varying magnetic field

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 9.2 SOLENOID Contd..

• Faraday's law of induction is a basic

law of electromagnetism predicting
how a magnetic field will interact with
an electric circuit to produce
an electromotive force (EMF).

• It is the fundamental operating

principle of transformers, inductors,
and many types
of electrical motors, generators .
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 10.USAGE OF WALK-CHARGER
With bench-top experiments, we have found
that the PROTOTYPE of the shoe can produce
upto 3.7 volts and we can charge 5 to 6
mobile batteries in a day.

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10.USAGE OF WALK-CHARGER contd..

•The other applications that we have made are:

•table lamp
•table fan.
•Even these charged cells can be used by defense
personnel and also during natural disaster as source
of electric energy .

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 RELATED WORK COMPARISIONS:
Name of the Description of similar approach Advantages Disadvantages
similar
approach
1. PEDI POWER The Pedi Power hits the ground before • It provides •It is not
SHOES [1] any other part of the prototype shoe. enough compact.
A lever arm strikes first. It is attached energy to •Heavy weight.
to a gearbox that replaces much of the charge a •Makes the
shoe’s sole and turns the gears a little mobile. person
with each step. The gears drive a uncomfortable
motor mounted on the outside of the while walking.
shoe that generates electricity to send
up to the battery.
2. SOLE The mechanism is actuated by •Can be • Not safe, may
POWER [2] every heel strike. During every step, fitted in any cause short
a small generator spins to create size of sole. circuit.
electricity. •Very expensive
•Doesn't
supports all
types of
table1:-comparison of related works appliances

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 11.Advantages of Walk-Charger

• It is compact.
• Made up of light weight materials.
• comfortable while walking.
• safe, all the electrical devices are
inserted within the sole made up of
insulating material.
• Affordable
• Produces enough energy to charge a mobile
phone in general.

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 12.IMPROVEMENTS
•The main concern that has
been improved is the weight
of the shoe. Firstly it was
very heavy but now due to the
use of light materials, the
weight of the shoe exactly
the same as that of a normal
shoe. We have made our
device a bit more compact.
•This approach likely to
provide enough dependable
power for phone and other
portable electronics.

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 CONCLUSION

• This project was a great learning to produce

electricity in non-conventional ways like from
walking.
• Many smaller utility devices can be used
through the charged batteries of walk-
charger.
• The project gave a scope to improve upon
areas like the weight of the shoes,
compatibility of the device, & its efficiency.
• Future scopes are there to improve upon to
run larger devices.
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 REFERENCES

1. http://news.rice.edu/2013/05/07/prototype-
provides-pedestrian-power-2/ [1]
2. http://solepowertech.com/ [2]

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