A Piezoelectric Energy Harvester for Rotary Motion Applications: Design and Experiments
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Abstract
This paper investigates the analysis and design of a vibration-based energy harvester for rotary motion applications. The energy harvester consists of a cantilever beam with a tip mass and a piezoelectric ceramic attached along the beam that is mounted on a rotating shaft. Using this system, mechanical vibration energy is induced in the flexible beam due to the gravitational force applied to the tip mass while the hub is rotating. The piezoelectric transducer is used to convert the induced mechanical vibration energy into electricity. The equations of motion of the flexible structure are utilized along with the physical characteristics of the piezoelectric transducer to derive expressions for the electrical power. Furthermore, expressions for the optimum load resistance and maximum output power are obtained and validated experimentally using PVDF and PZT transducers. The results indicate that a maximum power of 6.4 mW at a shaft speed of 138 rad/s can be extracted by using a PZT transducer with dimensions 50.8 mm × 38.1 mm × 0.13 mm. This amount of power is sufficient to provide power for typical wireless sensors such as accelerometers and strain gauges.
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