Study of the Operation of the Energy Generating Platform on the Basis of a Multiplier with Spur Gears

The development of new renewable sources of clean electric energy (EE) is an urgent scientific and technical task. At the same time, special attention is paid to autonomous decentralized sources of green energy, namely, devices that can be installed in places with a high foot traffic density. EE is being generated thanks to pedestrians moving on such devices. The aim of the work is to study the process of generating renewable energy by an energy-generating platform (EP) based on a multiplier with spur gears, depending on the number and connection scheme of stepper motors to the electric machine unit of the EP. Experimental studies of the electric power generation process have been carried out, depending on the number and connection scheme of stepper motors (SM) to its electric machine unit. Such a platform has compact overall dimensions and it is intended to be installed both indoors and outdoors, in places with high foot traffic. To conduct experimental research, a prototype of the EP with an electric machine unit was developed. The analysis of the conducted experimental studies and the subsequent processing of their results made it possible to determine that the use of two SMs in the EP electric machine unit increases the value of the generated electricity by ~44%. When performing one step on the EP, the installation generates approximately 1.11W of electricity. The connection of two SMs increases the value of the generated electricity by 1.69 times (in direct motion) and 1.38 times (in reverse motion). Knowing the EP potential capabilities and the passing people number, it is possible to calculate the EE value which the EP can generate in a certain time of work, which allows you to determine the required number of such devices at the facility to provide it with the green EE fully or partially.