Electric power generating bicycle

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brito, Nuno
Publication Date: 2006
Other Authors: Ribeiro, Luís, Esteves, João Sena
Language: eng
Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
Download full: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/6056
Summary: It is manifest the growing interest in both personal health and environmental issues. The device described on this paper contemplates both aspects: generating environment-friendly electric power while keeping fit. A car alternator excited through a 12V battery is coupled to a mountain bicycle, and this arrangement enables the lighting of six halogen lamps, if a cyclist pedals fast enough. Such a machine gives rise to the thought of a self-powered gymnasium. Considerable physical effort is required in order to make the lamps glow, which is pedagogical since it shows clearly that spending energy is much easier than generating it.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Electric power generating bicycle
title Electric power generating bicycle
spellingShingle Electric power generating bicycle
Brito, Nuno
Electrical power generation
Alternators
Alternating current
Direct current
title_short Electric power generating bicycle
title_full Electric power generating bicycle
title_fullStr Electric power generating bicycle
title_full_unstemmed Electric power generating bicycle
title_sort Electric power generating bicycle
author Brito, Nuno
author_facet Brito, Nuno
Ribeiro, Luís
Esteves, João Sena
author_role author
author2 Ribeiro, Luís
Esteves, João Sena
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Brito, Nuno
Ribeiro, Luís
Esteves, João Sena
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Electrical power generation
Alternators
Alternating current
Direct current
topic Electrical power generation
Alternators
Alternating current
Direct current
description It is manifest the growing interest in both personal health and environmental issues. The device described on this paper contemplates both aspects: generating environment-friendly electric power while keeping fit. A car alternator excited through a 12V battery is coupled to a mountain bicycle, and this arrangement enables the lighting of six halogen lamps, if a cyclist pedals fast enough. Such a machine gives rise to the thought of a self-powered gymnasium. Considerable physical effort is required in order to make the lamps glow, which is pedagogical since it shows clearly that spending energy is much easier than generating it.
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