Physical Modeling Concept for Transient Process in Road Power Plant With Slider-Rocker Converter

The global academic community pays a lot of attention to the development and improvement of existing power sources, such as road power plants that act as speed bumps. They operate when a vehicle encounters an obstacle and applies force to the push plate. This transfers kinetic energy to the road, which can be converted into electric power. The purpose of this investigation is to develop an experimental research concept of the road power plant to elucidate the patterns of power and speed parameter formation in the vehicle/road power plant system. It is necessary to check the adequacy of the mathematical description of the transients during acceleration and coasting of the road power plant, taking into account the device intermittent operation. The authors built a structural diagram to develop a basic wiring diagram of the electromechanical simulator of a road power. At a torque value of 398 Nm, the angular velocity reached: 22.3 radps for a vehicle speed of 20 km/h, 33.3 radps for 30 kmph, and 41.7 radps for 40 kmph. Using these values, the power of the drive motor of the electromechanical simulator reached 16.6 kW. The developed wiring diagram and the calculated driving motor power help to simulate the operation of the road power plant and determine the amount of electricity produced during the passage of one automobile. Further investigation shell focus on developing a methodology for conducting experiments, the research arrangement of the road power plant with the slider-rocker mechanism simulating its operation through the electromechanical simulator.