Tire pressure monitoring is critical for the safety of vehicles. Many serious car accidents that might have been avoided had drivers known their air pressure was low. Even now, it’s estimated that a substantial number of vehicles hit the road each day with underinflated tires. The majority of TPMS sensors are powered by batteries which limit their useful life. Harvesting the rotational energy is one potential option to resolve the power supply/ recharging battery problem. The critical question is how to design a mechanism to effectively convert and utilize the rotational energy available when the wheels are rotating. This project aims to provide a technical solution to this question.
Undergraduate
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