Indirect impact based piezoelectric energy harvester for low frequency vibration

S. Ju; C. H. Ji

doi:10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2015.7181325

Indirect impact based piezoelectric energy harvester for low frequency vibration

S. Ju
, C. H. Ji

Electronic and Electrical Engineering

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16 Scopus citations

Abstract

This paper presents an impact based piezoelectric vibration energy harvester using freely movable metal spheres as proof mass and an MFC (Macro Fiber Composite) beam as a piezoelectric cantilever. External vibration is transformed into free motion of metal spheres inside the channels and impact between the metal sphere and channel end induces a vibration of the MFC beam to generate electric power. A proof-of-concept device having the form-factor of a conventional wristwatch has been designed and tested to harvest energy from low frequency human-body-induced vibrations. Geometry at both ends of the cavities has been optimized to effectively transmit energy to piezoelectric cantilever and thus achieve a higher output power. For a device having an effective volume of 4.59cm³, maximum peak-to-peak open circuit voltage of 54V and RMS output power of 621μW have been achieved, when the fabricated energy harvester was mounted on a wristwatch and shaken manually.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2015 Transducers - 2015 18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS 2015
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1913-1916
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479989553
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2015.7181325
State	Published - 5 Aug 2015
Event	18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS 2015 - Anchorage, United States Duration: 21 Jun 2015 → 25 Jun 2015

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Name	2015 Transducers - 2015 18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS 2015

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Conference	18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Anchorage
Period	21/06/15 → 25/06/15

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© 2015 IEEE.

Keywords

Indirect impact
Macro fiber composite
Vibration energy harvesting

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Ju, S., & Ji, C. H. (2015). Indirect impact based piezoelectric energy harvester for low frequency vibration. In 2015 Transducers - 2015 18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS 2015 (pp. 1913-1916). Article 7181325 (2015 Transducers - 2015 18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS 2015). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2015.7181325

Ju, S. ; Ji, C. H. / Indirect impact based piezoelectric energy harvester for low frequency vibration. 2015 Transducers - 2015 18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. pp. 1913-1916 (2015 Transducers - 2015 18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS 2015).

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Ju, S & Ji, CH 2015, Indirect impact based piezoelectric energy harvester for low frequency vibration. in 2015 Transducers - 2015 18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS 2015., 7181325, 2015 Transducers - 2015 18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS 2015, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1913-1916, 18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS 2015, Anchorage, United States, 21/06/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2015.7181325

Indirect impact based piezoelectric energy harvester for low frequency vibration. / Ju, S.; Ji, C. H.
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Ju S, Ji CH. Indirect impact based piezoelectric energy harvester for low frequency vibration. In 2015 Transducers - 2015 18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2015. p. 1913-1916. 7181325. (2015 Transducers - 2015 18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS 2015). doi: 10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2015.7181325

Indirect impact based piezoelectric energy harvester for low frequency vibration

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