Design and development of an automatic portable green tire inflator

Nagahiah, Sathya (2021) Design and development of an automatic portable green tire inflator. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

An electricity or alternating current produced which are commonly used were considered as an expensive alternative for a long run. The price of the electricity bill varies according to the amount of energy used. The use of AC air compressor pumps consumes considerable amount of energy even when its not in use, which results in waste of energy. Therefore, to overcome energy waste, an application where electrical energy produced by a solar panel will be directed in to a circuit called solar charge controlling circuit. This circuit will help to store the energy generated by the solar panel in the battery. The energy stored in the battery is used to turn on the tire inflator which needs a constant 12 VDC to operate. The main objective of this project is to design, analyse, develop, and test the automatic portable green tire inflator. Moreover, the design should be portable and easy to move around when needed to power up tire inflator. The main scopes of this project is to use solar panel to energize the battery and develop a solar charge controller circuit which will regulate the charging and discharging of the battery. Besides that, a microcontroller was included into this design in order to control the system to be smart and efficient which will also help to protect the battery. Moreover, this portable green tire inflator will be designed to be easily moved around and most importantly, it is totally depends on renewable energy which is gained from sunlight through solar panel. This portable green tire inflator is also expected to provide an alternative 12 VDC source with a help of an adapter during emergency. Moreover, from the environmental impact perspective, there is no harm done by the power generation which totally depends on the solar panel. The material used to design the outer layer of this project must be strong enough to withstand the weight of the battery. Thus, a strong base is needed so that this entire design is stable and not fragile while it being moved around.

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