Comb-shaped piezoelectric beam configuration for wideband vibration based energy scavenging: Analytical and simulation results

For years, people have been harvesting energy from solar panels, wind turbines, hydroelectric generators and many more. These macro scale energy harvesting technologies have successfully grown in meeting the world’s energy demand. However, to operate low powered electronic devices; esp...

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Main Authors: Diyana, N. H., Abdul Muthalif, Asan Gani
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2013
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spelling iium-342732014-01-16T04:07:18Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/34273/ Comb-shaped piezoelectric beam configuration for wideband vibration based energy scavenging: Analytical and simulation results Diyana, N. H. Abdul Muthalif, Asan Gani TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery For years, people have been harvesting energy from solar panels, wind turbines, hydroelectric generators and many more. These macro scale energy harvesting technologies have successfully grown in meeting the world’s energy demand. However, to operate low powered electronic devices; especially when being placed in a remote area; micro scale energy scavenging comes into the light. The most promising method is via vibration energy scavenging which converts mechanical energy (from vibration) to electrical energy by the effect of coupling between mechanical variables and electric or magnetic fields. In this paper, the focus is on unimorph piezoelectric energy harvesting. Mathematical modelling based on Euler- Bernoulli beam theory is derived as well. Simulations are done in MATLAB and COMSOL Multiphysics softwares. Finally, the optimal shape and configuration are presented in this paper as well as the study on the influence of tip mass on the output voltage. 2013-07-07 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/34273/1/C-2013-ICSV20-Comb-Shaped_Piezoelectric_beam.pdf Diyana, N. H. and Abdul Muthalif, Asan Gani (2013) Comb-shaped piezoelectric beam configuration for wideband vibration based energy scavenging: Analytical and simulation results. In: 20th International Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICSV20), 7-9 July 2013, Bangkok, Thailand. http://www.icsv20.org/
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Diyana, N. H.
Abdul Muthalif, Asan Gani
Comb-shaped piezoelectric beam configuration for wideband vibration based energy scavenging: Analytical and simulation results
description For years, people have been harvesting energy from solar panels, wind turbines, hydroelectric generators and many more. These macro scale energy harvesting technologies have successfully grown in meeting the world’s energy demand. However, to operate low powered electronic devices; especially when being placed in a remote area; micro scale energy scavenging comes into the light. The most promising method is via vibration energy scavenging which converts mechanical energy (from vibration) to electrical energy by the effect of coupling between mechanical variables and electric or magnetic fields. In this paper, the focus is on unimorph piezoelectric energy harvesting. Mathematical modelling based on Euler- Bernoulli beam theory is derived as well. Simulations are done in MATLAB and COMSOL Multiphysics softwares. Finally, the optimal shape and configuration are presented in this paper as well as the study on the influence of tip mass on the output voltage.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Diyana, N. H.
Abdul Muthalif, Asan Gani
author_facet Diyana, N. H.
Abdul Muthalif, Asan Gani
author_sort Diyana, N. H.
title Comb-shaped piezoelectric beam configuration for wideband vibration based energy scavenging: Analytical and simulation results
title_short Comb-shaped piezoelectric beam configuration for wideband vibration based energy scavenging: Analytical and simulation results
title_full Comb-shaped piezoelectric beam configuration for wideband vibration based energy scavenging: Analytical and simulation results
title_fullStr Comb-shaped piezoelectric beam configuration for wideband vibration based energy scavenging: Analytical and simulation results
title_full_unstemmed Comb-shaped piezoelectric beam configuration for wideband vibration based energy scavenging: Analytical and simulation results
title_sort comb-shaped piezoelectric beam configuration for wideband vibration based energy scavenging: analytical and simulation results
publishDate 2013
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/34273/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/34273/1/C-2013-ICSV20-Comb-Shaped_Piezoelectric_beam.pdf
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