Advanced Footstep Power Generation Using RFID For Charging
Advanced Footstep Power Generation Using RFID For Charging
https://doi.org/10.22214/ijraset.2021.39335
International Journal for Research in Applied Science & Engineering Technology (IJRASET)
ISSN: 2321-9653; IC Value: 45.98; SJ Impact Factor: 7.429
Volume 9 Issue XII Dec 2021- Available at www.ijraset.com
Abstract: Day by day, the population of the country is increasing and the requirement of the power is also increasing in many
ways. So, reforming this energy back to usable form is the major solution for future needs. In this Footstep power generation
project, power is generated by human’s footsteps, so as to charge the battery by storing the power generated with the help of
piezo sensors. The power stored in the battery, used to charge the mobile phones using RFID card. This system is powered by
Atmega 328 microcontroller, it consists of Arduino IDE, RFID Sensor, USB Cable and LCD. When power is on in the system,
the system enters into the registration mode. Three users can registered. Once all the users entered in the system, then the system
asks to swipe the card and connect the charger. Initially all the user is given 5 minutes of charging time as default. When card is
swiped and the user is authorized, the system turns on for charging the Mobile phone within a given time period.
Keywords: Arduino Uno, Arduino IDE, Piezoelectric Sensors, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification ), LCD
I. INTRODUCTION
The demand of electricity are increasing day by day and its use has become so advanced and applicable in the present lifeline of a
human being. The arising value of new technology each day demands more power of electricity as the population of human beings
is increasing day by day and hence the energy demand is increasing rapidly.
Advanced Footstep Power Generation using RFID for Charging is a new advanced system, in which new technology i.e. RFID
technology is used. Due to this technology system provides charging to the Mobile Phone within a provided time period. Hence, the
system innovated here does not consume more time. In this system, piezo sensors were used to store the waste energy by our
footsteps, due to which power shortages were reduced and hence, the system develops much cleaner cost effective way of power
generation method using RFID, which helps to bring down global warming. Microcontroller based footstep power generation is
used to generate voltage using footstep force. The proposed system works as a medium to generate power using force. This project
is very useful in public places like bus stands, theaters, railway stations, shopping malls, etc. So, these systems are placed in public
places where people walk and they have to travel on this system to get through the entrance or exits.
TABLE 1
Main compnents of the system
Components Description
Mechanical Frame Designed to concentrate on energy that is generated by people’s footsteps. Mechanical frame
depends on the principle by which electricity is generated. Here, electricity generates through
human footsteps by pressing piezoelectric sensors.
Electricity Generated Electricity generating module may be thermo-couple, Piezo-electric module, electromagnetic
Module generator or thermal electricity generator. This generators convert different forms of energy into
electrical energy. Here, piezoelectric sensors were used to convert the mechanical energy into
electrical energy.
Battery Storage Power that is generated from footsteps is generating in real-time and this power is no eventual in
magnitude. Therefore, it is necessary to store power generation for future usage. For this purpose,
battery backup system is used.
Control Circuits This circuits is used to control and regulate power generation and backup it to a battery. Some
indicators are displayed for the status of working system.
The scope of this system is very wide in future. By implementing this system, waste energy is utilized with the help of human
footsteps and by converting this waste energy into electrical energy, charging of Mobile Phone is done within a limited time period
i.e. allocated in Arduino Uno. For simulation purpose, system uses Arduino IDE.
Table 2
Inventions done from 1945 to 1983
Year Inventor Invented
1945 Leon Theremin Listening device for the Soviet Union
1945 Allies and Germany The Identification Friend and Foe Transponder
1948 Harry Stockman “Communication by Means of Reflected Power” (Seminar paper)
1973 Mario Cardullo Passive radio transponder with memory
1973 Steven Depp, Alfred Demonstration of reflected power usind RFID tags, both passive and
Koelle, Robert semi-passive
Frayman
1983 Charless Walton First patent to be associated with the abbreviations RFID
Advances in semiconductor technologies led to significant improvements of the technology. Within the same time frame,
commercial success of the marked applications generated a dramatic reduction of cost and an ever-increasing interest from
businesses. There are many indications that the proliferation of applications using RFID technology is only at its beginning.
According to a Gartner Study (2005), the RFID markets revenue grew over 33% between 2004 and 2005 and will be worth USD 3
million by 2010. Research firm IDTechEx predicts a global market for RFID including systems and services of USD 26.23 billion in
2016 and a total number of tags delivered of 585 billion, 450 times the amount of 2006. Benefits of RFID technology for business
and individuals are very promising (OECD, 2006a). One important driver for market growth today is that of improving traceability
of goods in the supply chain in order to increase supply chain in order to increase supply chain efficiency, reduce theft and fraud,
and realise significant cost savings. In addition, many other types of RFID applications have been reported, and the use of RFID
technology is common in areas including passports, hospitals, transportation, ticketing, libraries, museums, counterfeiting, baggage
tracking in airports and livestock tagging.[3]
As stated by the European Article 29 Working Policy (2005), “the specific functions that RFID tags can deliver in different sections
is also increasing and its possibilities are just beginning to emerge”.[3]
Table 3
The Decade of RFID
Decade Event
1940 – 1950 Radar refined and used, major World War II development effort.
RFID invented in 1948.
1950 – 1960 Early explorations of RFID technology, laboratory experiments.
1960 – 1970 Development of the theory of RFID.
Start of applications field trials.
1970 – 1980 Explosion of RFID development.
Tests of RFID accelerate.
Very early adopter implementations of RFID.
1980 – 1990 Commercial applications of RFID enter main stream
1990 – 2000 Emergence of standards.
RFID widely deployed.
RFID becomes a part of everyday life.
From evolution part applications of RFID technology in past was learned, due to which I proposed new system. In this system,
power is utilized with the help of human footsteps and piezoelectric sensors. The waste power is stored in the battery, which is used
for charging purpose when users need. By using RFID technology, assigning of user is done with the help of identification card.
This card, detected by EM-18 reader through which Arduino provide charging according to time assign in the coding.
Table 4
Research Papers studied
Reference Title Author Publisher Date of Summary
No. Publication
3 Radio The Secretariat OECD Ministerial 17-18 June 2008 This paper presents comments and
Frequency with the Meeting on the suggestions from OECD member
Identification assistance of Future of the countries, buisness, and civil
(RFID): A Nick Mansfield Internet society. The report was discussed by
focus on (consultant to Economy, Seoul, the Working Party on Information
Information the OECD) Korea Security and Privacy in October
and Security 2007 and declassified by the
and Privacy Committee for information,
Computer and Communications
Policy on 17 December 2007. It is
A. Block diagram of Advanced Footstep Power Generation using RFID for Charging
Power Supply
Transistor Driver
RFID Reader
Arduino Mobile
Piezo Sernsors
LED LCD
TABLE 5
Description of Components
Components Description
Power Supply The input to the circuit is applied from the regulated power supply. The a.c. input i.e.,
230V from the mains supply is step down by the transformer to 12V and is fed to the
rectifier. The output obtained from the rectifier is a pulsating d.c voltage. So, in order to
get a pure d.c voltage, the output voltage from the rectifier is fed to a filter to remove any
a.c components present even after rectification. Now, this voltage is given to a voltage
regulator to obtain a pure dc voltage.
Arduino Microcontroller The Arduino Uno is an open-source microcontroller based on the Microchip
ATmega328P microcontroller and developed by Arduino.cc. the board is equipped with
sets of digital and analog input/output pins that may be interfaced to various expansion
boards (shields) and other circuits. The board has 14 digital I/O pins (6 capable of PWM
output), 6 analog I/O pins, and is programmable with the Arduino IDE, via a type B USB
cable or by an external 9V battery, though it accepts voltages between 7 and 20 volts.
RFID Reader and Tag (EM- This is a low frequency (125KHz) RFID reader with Serial Output with at range of 8-
18) 12cm. It is a compact unit with built in antenna and can be directly connected to the PC
using RS232 protocol. Since this also outputs Serial TTL Level Data (Tx/Rx), this can
also be directly connected to the Serial Port of any Micro-controller. RFID tag includes
microchip with radio antenna mounted on substrate which carries 12 Byte unique
identification number.
Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) 16x2 Character LCD – Black on Green is a 16 character wide, 2 rows character LCD
module. It utilizes industry-standard controller, works in 4/8-bit parallel interface.
Display area is LED back-lit in yellow color. This alphanumerics display can be easily
interfaced with any host controller such as 8051 derivatives, PIC Series, AVR, ARM
Series of controllers or using development boards such as Arduino or Raspberry Pi. it fits
in quite well for any electronic device design.
Transistor Driver Circuit The transistor used in this system to drive the buzzer is BC547. This transistor provides
charging to the mobile phone using chord.
Piezoelectric Sensor A piezoelectric sensor is a device that uses the piezoelectric effect to measure changes in
pressure changes in pressure, acceleration, temperature, strain, or force by converting
them to an electrical charge.
B. Hardware/Software Requirements
Table 6
Hardware/Software requirement
Component Name Usage
C. Circuit Diagram of Advanced Footstep Power Generation using RFID for Charging
The circuit diagram shown above is of “Advanced Footstep Power Generation using RFID for Charging”, in which various devices
and components to be implemented according to the user requirements. Firstly, input of 230V is fed to the power supply from
which output of the range 5V, 1A is generated. This power supply output is provided to battery and piezoelectric sensors.
Piezoelectric sensors connected in parallel, to control the voltage and to provide electrical energy to the battery. Then, our system
implemented by interfacing EM-18 RFID reader and LCD with Arduino due to which system works according to the user needs.
TABLE 7
Implementation and Output
Step Hardware Implementation Output Comments
s
1 Detection of
user using
RFID
Technology is
done.
Fig. 4 Interfacing EM-18 with Arduino Uno
3 User
Identification
done and
message is
displayed.
E. Software Requirements
The proposed system works through Arduino IDE software. The Arduino IDE is a cross-platform application (for Windows,
macOS, Linux) that is written in functions from C and C++. It is used to write and upload programs to Arduino compatible boards,
but also, with the help of third-party cores, other vendor development boards. This software is used to provide instruction to the
proposed system i.e., to detect user and provide efficient charging to the user within a limited time period as allocated in the
commands.
When system is power on, the system enters into registeration mode. Three users registered in the system. Once all the user is
entered in the system then the system asks to swipe the card and connect the charger. Initially all the user is given 5 minutes of
charging time as default. When the card is swiped, the user is autorized, the system turns on for charging purpose and will charge
the Mobile Phone with given time in coding.
A. Linearity Test
Voltage, V
Pressure
Fig. 11 Voltage vs Pressure Curve
The voltage generated by the piezo-electric sensor is according to the amount of pressure exerted by the human footsteps. The
output shows 0V when no force exerted on the piezo-electric sensor. It is shown that the amount of voltage generated keep
increasing as the amount of pressure exerted increases. For high pressure, the voltage generated is high. Similarly as more pressure,
the voltage increases suddenly.
All the generated voltage will then be store in a battery for future needs. The existence of electric current produced by the
piezoelectric sensor can be proved by using a mobile phone which acts as the output to show that the rechargeable battery which has
been charged by the piezoelectric is well functioning. The functionality of the circuit is checked by connecting USB cable from the
USB port in the circuit to the mobile phone.
The screen of the mobile phone shows the charging symbol. A user can charge his/her mobile phone with the help of an authorized
RFID Tag. It can be summarized that the amount of voltage generated by the piezoelectric sensor is depending on the amount of
pressure exerted into it. The voltage then can be stored in the rechargeable battery and beneficial for future requirements. From this
project, a new source of renewable energy with low-cost budget was developed. Besides that, the knowledge of conventional
process in transforming mechanical energy to electrical energy has been gained.
B. Temperature Test
In 1 square ft. we have used 8 piezo sensors.
As piezo sensors the power generating varies at different steps, hence we get
Min voltage = 1V per step
Max voltage = 10.5V per step
Also taking an average of 50kg weight pressure that form a single person. Likewise, considering the steps of a 50kg weighted single
person, the average calculation comes out to be:
Increase of 1V charge in the battery it takes 800 steps.
So, increment of 12V in battery total steps needed=(8*800)=6400 steps
As the proposed system is done in a polluted area where footstep as source will be available, average of 2 steps in 1 second is
considered.
For 6400 steps time needed = 6400/ (60*2)=53 minutes. (Approx.)
C. Performance Test
TABLE 8
Performance test of the designed system
User identified Time duration Delay Output on LCD
D. Battery Consumption
1) Calculation of battery pack capacity, c-rate, run-time, charge and discharge current
Voltage of battery=12V
Rated capacity of battery=3Ah=36Wh
C-rate: 1 or Charge or discharge current I: 3 A
Time of charge or discharge t (run-time)=1 h
Time of charge or discharge in minutes (run-time)=60 min
2) Calculation of energy stored, current and voltage for a set of batteries in series and parallel
Number of batteries in series= 1 elements
Number of series in parallel= 1 series
Total number of batteries: 1
Voltage of the storage system=12V
Current of the storage system=3A
Capacity of the storage system (energy stored)=3Ah=0.036kWh
In coming days, this will prove a great boon to the world, since it will save a lot of electricity of power plants. As the conventional
sources are depleting very fast, then it’s time to think of alternatives. We got to save the power gained from the conventional
sources for efficient use. So this idea not only provides alternative but also adds to the economy of the country. Now, vehicular
traffic in big cities is more, causing a problem to human being. But this vehicular traffic can be utilized for power generation by
means of new technique called “power hump”. It has advantage that it does not utilize any external source. Now the time has come
to put forte these types of innovative ideas, and researches should be done to upgrade their implication.
VII. APPLICATIONS
The various other applications of the proposed system are listed below
A. It can be used in crowded places like Railway Station, Airports and Bus Stands.
B. Can be broadly utilized as the part of colleges, schools, public transport places and universities.
C. In rainy season, it can operate street lights rather than using solar lights.
D. This framework can be actualized in swarmed places like shopping centers, pathways, and so forth.
VIII. ADVANTAGES
A. No need of fuel input.
B. It is authentic and genuine device.
C. Usage of Non-sustainable power sources are less.
D. It is self producing device using our footsteps.
E. No moving parts – long administration life.
F. Power generation is strolling on the step.
G. Compact yet highly sensitive.
H. The system is reduced yet exceedingly touchy.
I. It is reliable, Economical, Eco-friendly and non-conventional system.
J. Less consumption of renewable energies.
K. Power also generated by running or exercising on the step.
L. Battery is used to store generated power.
M. Extremely wide dynamic range, almost free of noise.
IX. DRAWBACKS
A. Only applicable for the particular place.
B. Initial cost of this arrangement is high.
C. Output affected by temperature variation.
D. Care ought to be taken for batteries.
E. It isn’t reasonable for estimation in static conditions.
F. Since the device operate with a small electric charge, they, need high impedance cable for electrical interface.
G. The output may vary according to the temperature variation of the crystal.
X. CONCLUSIONS
A. The system gives an effective power generation in very populated nations as it diminishes control request without
contamination. As a reality, just 11% of sustainable power source adds to our essential vitality. On the off chance that this
undertaking is sent at that point not just, we can conqure the vitality emergency issue yet, besides make a solid worldwide
ecological change.
B. The project undertaken is effectively tried and actualized which is the best conservative, reasonable vitality answer for average
citizens of our country.
C. As India is a creating nation where vitality administration is a major test for gigantic populance. By utilizing this task we can
drive both A.C, and besides, D.C loads as indicated by the power we connected on the piezoelectric sensor.
D. The project “Advanced Footstep Power Generation System using RFID for charging” is successfully tested and implemented
which is the best economical, affordable energy solution to common people.
E. RFID technology is most efficient to produce the desired output for user in a required time domain.
XI. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I take this opportunity to thanks Prof. A. S. Bhide for his valuable guidance and for providing the necessary facilities, which were
indispensable in completion of the work. First of all I am thankful to Dr. G. A. Kulkarni (H.O.D, E&TC Engg. Dept.) to give us
presentation facility.
I am also thankful to all the staff members of the E&TC Engineering Department. I would also like to thank the college for
providing required journals, books and access to the internet for collecting information related to the project. Finally I am also
thankful to my friends and well wishers for their valuable comments and suggestions.
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