Pedestrian Energy Harvesting System From Walkway Of

Addis Ababa is a primate city that needs enormous amount of energy to up keep the socioeconomicrndevelopment. The frequent black out are signs for looking other alternatives ofrnenergy. One of the on-site energy alternatives could be harvested from the pedestrian flowrnin the city. This flow could be used to harvest and augment its energy supply. Thus, in thisrnwork a mechanism that utilizes the dense pedestrian flow for energy generation has beenrnsought for and tested at laboratory scale. After analyzing the pedestrian flow at Aratkilo,rnPiassa and Mexico and determining their number of pedestrian with in a specific set ofrntime or the Pedestrian Level of Service (PLOS), a machine has been constructed. Parts ofrnthe selected streets with PLOS level ‘D’ (15-20) pedestrian foot per minute(PF/M) and ‘E’rn(20-25 PF/M) were found to be fit for the system Since PLOS of “A”, “B” and “C” arernnot dense enough and “F” is too congested for the system.. Street vending, street furniture,rnqueuing and platooning affected walking experience and speed of pedestrians as well asrnthe feasibility of the system. The prototype has been tested and modified at the laboratoryrnand the result has shown that an average of 0.21 (p=2.50954E-20) electric volt for the firstrngroup with weight range of 49 -78 kg and 0.2 (p= 1.1495E-25) for the second group ofrnweight range of 54-76 kg has been harvested. This work has demonstrated that pedestrianrnflow in the main and secondary centers of the city if channeled properly could be a goodrnsource of on-site renewable energy for a city aspiring to be sustainable. It also indicatesrnthe need for integrated urban design solution for urban challenges.rn.

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