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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Experimentally Verified Analytical Models of Piezoelectric Cantilevers in Different Design Configurations.

Zdenek Machu, Ondrej Rubes, Oldrich Sevecek, Zdenek Hadas

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Zdenek MachuLaboratory of Energy Harvesting, Institute of Solid Mechanics, Mechatronics and Biomechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, 616 69 Brno, Czech Republic.
Ondrej RubesLaboratory of Energy Harvesting, Institute of Solid Mechanics, Mechatronics and Biomechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, 616 69 Brno, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0001-7463-1217
Oldrich SevecekLaboratory of Energy Harvesting, Institute of Solid Mechanics, Mechatronics and Biomechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, 616 69 Brno, Czech Republic.
Zdenek HadasLaboratory of Energy Harvesting, Institute of Solid Mechanics, Mechatronics and Biomechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, 616 69 Brno, Czech Republic.ORCID 0000-0002-9097-1550

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Czech Science Foundation GA19-17457S
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper deals with analytical modelling of piezoelectric energy harvesting systems for generating useful electricity from ambient vibrations and comparing the usefulness of materials commonly used in designing such harvesters for energy harvesting applications. The kinetic energy harvesters have the potential to be used as an autonomous source of energy for wireless applications. Here in this paper, the considered energy harvesting device is designed as a piezoelectric cantilever beam with different piezoelectric materials in both bimorph and unimorph configurations. For both these configurations a single degree-of-freedom model of a kinematically excited cantilever with a full and partial electrode length respecting the dimensions of added tip mass is derived. The analytical model is based on Euler-Bernoulli beam theory and its output is successfully verified with available experimental results of piezoelectric energy harvesters in three different configurations. The electrical output of the derived model for the three different materials (PZT-5A, PZZN-PLZT and PVDF) and design configurations is in accordance with lab measurements which are presented in the paper. Therefore, this model can be used for predicting the amount of harvested power in a particular vibratory environment. Finally, the derived analytical model was used to compare the energy harvesting effectiveness of the three considered materials for both simple harmonic excitation and random vibrations of the corresponding harvesters. The comparison revealed that both PZT-5A and PZZN-PLZT are an excellent choice for energy harvesting purposes thanks to high electrical power output, whereas PVDF should be used only for sensing applications due to low harvested electrical power output.

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analytical modelbeam modelenergy harvestingequivalent modelpiezoelectricpower predictionvibrations

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