Week 5

psbhatia 2015-2016, 2015-2016 Triboelectric Energy Harvesting

By week 5 we determined the application for or design project.
This technology is proposed to be incorporated into revolving doors that are used in public areas. As the door rotates, friction is generated between the edge of the door and the connecting surface. This application is advantageous because of two elements.

1) People will generate energy by not doing more additional work than they normally do. Hence, we are harnessing energy that we already produce, not using additional work to generate it.
2) The frequency that revolving doors are used is almost constant, especially during working hours. This can prove to be a promising application because it can potentially result in the production of large amounts energy at very low cost; simply opening a door.

From this idea, we create a 3-D model using solidworks and updated the bill of materials.