Road energy harvester designed as a macro-power source using the piezoelectric effect
- Title
- Road energy harvester designed as a macro-power source using the piezoelectric effect
- Author
- 성태현
- Keywords
- Energy harvesting; Piezoelectricity; Road traffic; Macro-power source; Frequency matching; Impedance matching
- Issue Date
- 2016-08
- Publisher
- PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
- Citation
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY, v. 41, NO. 29, Page. 12563-12568
- Abstract
- While energy harvesting is commonly used for micro-power sources, it could be applied in macro-power sources using a large-scale harvester in a spacious area. We designed and optimized an energy harvester for a busy roadway using piezoelectric cantilever beams. Using the road vibrational frequency under vehicle speeds of 60-80 km/h, we tuned the natural frequency of the beams by attaching a tip mass. Considering the typical vehicle wheel width and the depth of pavement, the designed energy harvester with a volume of 30 x 30 x 10 cm(3) contained 48 piezoelectric beams. To optimize the harvester circuit, we rectified the output current from each piezoelectric beam and connected the beams in parallel to avoid phase difference interruptions. Finally, we conducted impedance matching to maximize the output power. As a result, we realized an output power of 736 mu W with a power density of 8.19 mW/m(2). (C) 2016 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
- URI
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360319915316694?via%3Dihubhttps://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/76379
- ISSN
- 0360-3199; 1879-3487
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.04.149
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- COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING[S](공과대학) > ELECTRICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING(전기·생체공학부) > Articles
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