Electronically droplet energy harvesting using pie

Electronically droplet energy harvesting using piezoelectric cantilevers


Abstract:
A report is presented on free falling droplet energy harvesting using piezoelectric cantilevers. The harvester incorporates a multimorph clamped-free cantilever which is composed of five layers of lead zirconate titanate piezoelectric thick films. During the impact, the droplet kinetic energy is transferred into the form of mechanical stress forcing the piezoelectric structure to vibrate. Experimental results show energy of 0.3 J per droplet. The scenario of moderate falling drop intensity, i.e. 230 drops per second, yields a total energy of 400 J.


http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6204282/


Keywords
INSPEC: Controlled Indexing
thick films, cantilevers, energy harvesting, lead compounds, piezoelectric devices
INSPEC: Non-Controlled Indexing
PZT, electronically droplet energy harvesting, piezoelectric cantilevers, multimorph clamped-free cantilever, piezoelectric thick films, falling drop intensity, energy 400 J
Authors
M. Al Ahmad
Electrical Engineering Department, University of United Arab Emirates
G.E. Jabbour
Electrical Engineering Department, KAUST