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LUMOS

Decentralized
urban lighting.

I led a team exploring how vehicle airflow, wind generation, energy storage and illumination could connect in a sustainable-energy concept.

Discipline: Energy & systems
My role: Team lead
Stage: Student concept
Focus: SDG 7 / Clean energy

01 / Overview

The idea.

Could some of the airflow around moving vehicles contribute to a local lighting system? LUMOS develops that question into a connected system concept.

Concept illustration of the proposed system. Geometry and connections are illustrative.

02 / The system

Follow the energy.

Open a stage to see its role in the concept and the questions it raises.

01Vehicle airflow

Could airflow generated by passing vehicles become an input to local lighting? This is the starting question. The available energy depends on traffic and airflow conditions.

02Wind generation

The concept explores vertical-axis wind turbines to convert moving air into rotation and electrical energy. The practical question is how much usable energy this stage could provide.

03Energy storage

Generation and lighting demand do not necessarily happen at the same time. Storage connects those stages; its capacity and losses would need to be evaluated together.

04Wireless transfer

A wireless energy transfer demonstration formed part of the project. Its place in a complete lighting system raises questions about range, efficiency and losses.

05Illumination

The concept pairs fluorescent illumination with automatic light sensing, connecting the lighting response to ambient conditions.

Project notes

The role, the stage of development and the questions still to be tested.

My role.

I led the team developing LUMOS, bringing the sustainable-energy idea and its individual elements into a shared project direction.

Development stage.

LUMOS is a student engineering concept that includes a wireless energy transfer demonstration. Developing it into a complete urban lighting system would require measured performance and reliability testing.

Further evaluation.

Energy capture. How much usable energy could the airflow provide under measured conditions?
System losses. How much energy would remain after storage and transfer?
Practical operation. What would maintenance, storage and reliability require?

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