Smart Helmet for Cooling Comfort

PROJECT PROPOSAL( FOR CONSIDERATION UNDER )

STUDENT PROJECT PROGRAMME: 2014-15DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GOVERNMENT OF RAJASTHAN, JAIPURPROJECT TITLESMART HELMET FOR COOLING COMFORTSUBMITTED BY: GUIDED BY: Ravi Kumar Supervisor:Rahul Ranjan Prof.(Dr.) Y.C.SharmaRishi Trivedi Vice-Principal, VIT(EAST)Co-Supervisor:Mr. Surjeet Yadav(Assistant Prof.)Mechanical Department, VIT(East)Form A1. Title of the Project: Smart Helmet for Cooling Comfort

2. Discipline/Subject Area: Mechanical Engineering / Energy

3. Region (Regional Office Area of Jurisdiction): Ajmer

4. Designation & Address of the person, in whose name, demand draft/bankers cheque of grant is to be sent. (Head of the institution/Director/Registrar/Comptroller/Principal/Dean) tick the relevant: Principal, Vivekananda Institute of Technology (EAST).

5. Name and Class/Year of the students:S.No.NameSemesterYear

1Ravi Kumar7th4th

2Rahul Ranjan7th4th

3Rishi Trivedi7th4th

6. Whether belongs to SC/ST: No ( attach certificate for group leader)

7. Address of the students:S.No.NameInstitutional Address with

E-mail ID, Fax & Mobile

No.Correspondence Address with E-

mail,fax& Mobile No.

1.Ravi KumarVIT CAMPUS, Sector-36,

NRI Road, Sisyawas, Jagatpura, Jaipur-302012

E-mail- [email protected]:0141-407799984/356, Pratap Nagar

Jaipur-302012

E-mail:[email protected].: +918824002600

2.Rahul RanjanVIT CAMPUS, Sector-36,


[email protected]:0141-4077999Singar Boys Hostel,

VIT Campus, Jaipur-302012

E-mail:[email protected].: +917726877328

3.Rishi TrivediVIT CAMPUS, Sector-36,


[email protected]:0141-4077999Singar Boys Hostel,

VIT Campus, Jaipur-302012

E-mail: [email protected].: +919468719774

8. Bank Account No. of one of the students of the group:NameAccount No.IFSC CodeBank Details

Ravi Kumar030713733593SBIN0002397SBI,Kotkasim-Branch alwar

(Rajasthan),301702

9. Supervisor/Guide Details:NameDesignationInstitutional Address

With Ph. No.Correspondence Address With Ph.

No.

Prof.(Dr.)Y. C.

SharmaVice-Principal

VIT (EAST)VIT CAMPUS,

Sector-36, NRI Road, Sisyawas, Jagatpura, Jaipur-302012.

E-mail- [email protected] Ph:0141-40779991282, Vinay Path,

Barket Nager Jaipur-302012. E-mail-

[email protected].: +919024904551

FORM B1. Title of the project: Smart Helmet for Cooling Comfort.

2. Summary of the project: Invention of new devices which can save lives of vehicle drivers is a great concern in modern era. Besides safety these devices must also be comfortable, as today everything is evaluated by the comfort of users.

Scooters and motorbikes accounts for about 72% of 150 million vehicles plying on the roads by 2012 in India. The primary safety feature used by two wheeler drivers is a hard shell Helmet with a thick foam inside which serves as a shock absorber during the collision. These Helmets are commercially available as well as having heat insulation properties. This results in low heat transfer between head and outside environment. This creates a very uncomfortable situation which decreases the ability to concentrate and creates a dangerous environment for long distance travelers in hot weather conditions.

So to provide an improved energy efficient helmet this new study aims to design and build a helmet which is cost effective, maintains/ improves safety of the rider embedded with efficient cooling system.

3. Technical details of the Projects or Origin of the Proposal:Definition of the problem or Objectives: wearing a helmet is mandetery as per law and required for safety of the two wheeler rider. A number of good quality helmets are commercially available but they becomes a hot cap in Indian condition for most of the time in the year. So if without compromising a safety of the head of the rider if a cooling system is fitted in the helmet it will provide respite from hot weather to large masses in India.So it has been planned to develop a new kind of helmet which carries an energy efficient cooling system.

Work Plan: We know that Helmet is one of the most important equipment for a two wheeler rider. But during hot weather condition many riders feel uncomfortable to wear it. Its main cause is the feeling of heat in the Helmet during long distance travel. So to cool it we are using a device which will provides a comfortable as well as maintain the cost effectiveness and safety for the rider.In this work, we are making a helmet in which we will use a thermoelectric module to cool the helmet through a fan. This will have two steps:

1. The fan attached will not require continuous supply of power but after initial start it will automatically run through the magnetic force of strong magnets attached to it. (this will also be a novel device fabricated by us)

2.

This fan will generate electricity because the magnet attached to it will be moving and will generate continuous electricity. This electricity which will be used to run the thermoelectric module. Hence this will require a small battery running for a very smaller time so negligible contribution of the heat dissipated from it will make it a very efficient cooling system.

Fig.1.:Bottom view of Helmet Fig.2: Li-po rechargeable batteriesFig.3: Battery compartment Fig.4: Newly designed Helmet

Methodology:In this work, we will take a helmet which will be fitted with a thermoelectric module to cool it and a fan to improve the area of effectiveness. This will have two steps:

1. The fan will be devised which will automatically run through the magnetic force of strong magnets (this will also be a novel device fabricated by us) no power supply will be needed by it.

2.

As this fan has a magnet housed in a coil so while rotating it will generate continuous electricity as a turbine at power generation plant. This electricity will fed back to the thermoelectric module which in turn will create a temperature gradient on its two surfaces. The cool side of this module will be kept inside fitted with the fan discussed above. The fan will rotate the cool air in the area available which will down the ambient temperature of the helmet.

The main feature of this will be that it will require a small battery running for a very little time so negligible contribution of the heat dissipated from it will make it a very efficient cooling system without contributing to the weight of the helmet and keeping the price of another battery reduces from the total cost.

Organisation of work element or Time schedule:WORK TO BE DONEDATE TO DATE

Mission planning20st August,20145th September,2014

Concept Development6th September,201420stSeptember,2014

Documentation21thSeptember,20145st October,2014

Detailed Design6st October,201425th October,2014

Set assembling and

manufacturing review26th October,20145thNovember,2014

Searching & purchasing of

equipments5th November,201430thNovember,2014

Installation of kit component1th January,201515th February,2015

Prototype run16st February,201520thFebruary,2015

Problems identification &

solution21thFebruary,201528stFebruary,2015

Final touch1st March,201510th March,2015

Final presentation to faculty25th March,2015

Proposed Outcome/Findings: Development of a helmet which will remain cool in hot conditions.

4. Details of facilities to be provided by the Institution:All the equipments available in the Mechanical workshop of the institute and in the

Physics Lab.

5. Budget Estimates:Minor equipments: Drilling machine, Screw Drivers

6. Report writing:Used ThingsCost

Cyber Caf250

Printing Papers250

Printing500

Telephone200

Total1000

7. Contingency & Other Costs:Transportation Charges800

Service Charges200

Total1000

8. Utilization of the outcome of the project: A cooling efficient helmet will be produced which can be used by masses.

COMPONENT AND

EXPANSESPRICE(rupees)Thermoelectric module5000Helmet1000Rechargeable Battery700Cooling fan1000Neodymium magnets5000Electric wires400Multimeter1500Tools kit800Total15,400

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