Pedestrian Energy Harvesting System from Walkway of
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2018-08
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EiABC
Abstract
Addis Ababa is a primate city that needs enormous amount of energy to up keep the socioeconomic
development. The frequent black out are signs for looking other alternatives of
energy. One of the on-site energy alternatives could be harvested from the pedestrian flow
in the city. This flow could be used to harvest and augment its energy supply. Thus, in this
work a mechanism that utilizes the dense pedestrian flow for energy generation has been
sought for and tested at laboratory scale. After analyzing the pedestrian flow at Aratkilo,
Piassa and Mexico and determining their number of pedestrian with in a specific set of
time or the Pedestrian Level of Service (PLOS), a machine has been constructed. Parts of
the selected streets with PLOS level ‘D’ (15-20) pedestrian foot per minute(PF/M) and ‘E’
(20-25 PF/M) were found to be fit for the system Since PLOS of “A”, “B” and “C” are
not dense enough and “F” is too congested for the system.. Street vending, street furniture,
queuing and platooning affected walking experience and speed of pedestrians as well as
the feasibility of the system. The prototype has been tested and modified at the laboratory
and the result has shown that an average of 0.21 (p=2.50954E-20) electric volt for the first
group with weight range of 49 -78 kg and 0.2 (p= 1.1495E-25) for the second group of
weight range of 54-76 kg has been harvested. This work has demonstrated that pedestrian
flow in the main and secondary centers of the city if channeled properly could be a good
source of on-site renewable energy for a city aspiring to be sustainable. It also indicates
the need for integrated urban design solution for urban challenges.
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Description
This Thesis is Prepared for the partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the degree of Degree of Masters of Science (Urban Design and
Development) complies with the regulations of the university and meets the accepted
standards with respect to originality and quality
Keywords
PLOS, Urban Design, Weight, Sustainable, Electric energy harvesting, Pedestrian flow, Pedestrian flow, ustainabl