Electrical power generation harnessing human energy and its analysis

In order to meet our energy demands we have increased our consumption of conventional energy resources that leads to release of harmful and toxic gases in atmosphere, thus completely disturbing our eco-system. This imbalance in the eco-system we are living in has led to complete environmental degradation and leaves a disastrous effect on human health. The power demand across the world is increasing day by day which redirects us to new power generation and conservation techniques that can bridge the energy gap between power demand and generation. We particularly need to adopt power generation approaches that have less environmental impacts. In the field of power research, scientists are looking for alternate sources of energy. The human population is an ever increasing entity and if we are able to use this entity as an asset we can bridge the energy gap to some extent and make progress. Using human energy as a source of power generation motivated us to design a system that traps the mechanical energy of pedalling cycle and convert it into electrical energy. Bicycle, is the main mode of transport and easily available in villages in developing country like India. This paper focuses on generation of electrical power using different types of generators, storage and its application.