A novel piezoelectric wafer-stack vibration energy harvester
- Publication Type:
- Conference Proceeding
- Citation:
- From Materials to Structures: Advancement Through Innovation - Proceedings of the 22nd Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, ACMSM 2012, 2013, pp. 399 - 404
- Issue Date:
- 2013-08-12
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Piezoelectric vibration-based energy harvesters are attractive as inexhaustible replacements for batteries in low-power requirement wireless electronic devices and thus have received increasing research interest in the last few years. This paper presents a novel piezoelectric harvester based on the wafer-stack configuration to convert the external vibration into usable electrical energy for this purpose. Both analytical and experimental investigations are undertaken at University of Technology Sydney. Firstly, an electromechanical model with a rectified circuit, considering both the mechanical and electrical factors of the harvester, is built to characterise the harvested electrical power across the external loadings. Exact closed-form expressions of the electromechanical model have been given to analyse conditions for maximum harvested power. Finally, a shake table experimental testing was conducted to evaluate the feasibility of the presented PZT wafer stack harvester under standard sinusoidal loadings. Test results show that the harvester can generate a maximum 16mW electrical power for sinusoidal loading with 40mm amplitude and 2Hz frequency. © 2013 Taylor & Francis Group.
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