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The proliferation of science and technology has reduced human efforts in every field. Many of the humanactivities now rely on technological innovations. The past two centuries have seen a phenomenal improvement in variousinventions and discoveries.Same is the case with the first elevator which finds mention in ancient texts to its developmentin last two centuries. The first commercial passenger elevator was installed by the Otis Elevator Company in 1857 inNew York City. It climbed at a then-staggering rate of 40 feet per minute. Today, an Otis elevator in the BurjKhalifatower in Dubai soars up at a speed of 22 mph. and it didn't even top a new ranking of the fastest elevators in the worldfrom Emporis, a database of construction projects. The list is dominated by elevators located in Asia, including China,Taiwan, and Japan. Japan’s Hitachi said Monday it will provide the world’s fastest elevators, which can clock speeds ofup to 72 kilometers (45 miles) per hour, to a high rise building in China.The lift is also used to move other things from one elevation to other. The elevator concerned under the said titleis onewhich runs on solar power. It is used for just elevation for a single level.Here, it is focused based on design a hydraulicsafety system for the specified elevator so that it can move the lift to the ground floor in case of power failure of breakageof rope while making sure that it does not require any power.

Prof Sankalp K Kulkarni, Prof. S N Jha, ProfNitinchandra R Patel, “DESIGN OFASAFETY SYSTEMFOR A SOLAR POWEREDDOMESTICELEVATOR”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 3, Issue 12, pp. 291-299, December 2016.