A shear mode piezoelectric energy harvester for harvesting energy from rotary motion is developed. The kinetic energy in the form of rotation is converted into electrical form of energy by piezoelectric principle with oscillation of piezoelectric patch through magnetic shear force. Efforts have been made to increase the output power using shear mode of operation. In order to estimate the induced voltage of piezoelectric patch, a mathematical model and an Finite Element (FE) model are developed. Considering various parameters, optimization of the harvester was made. Analytical and Finite Element Method (FEM) results are compared and good agreement has been found. The total average output power of 358.44 W is generated when rotary speed of hub of about 600 RPM.
A rotary-type energy harvester for the applications having space restrictions has been designed and developed to harvest the energy from rotary motion system. The rotation kinetic energy is converted into electrical energy through a lead zirconate titanate patch, which is strained by magnetic force. Most of the researchers used d31 mode of the piezoelectric material of such conversion. Some researchers have explored d33 mode harvester with piezo patch along the circumferential direction. In this article, d33 mode of harvesting with radial direction piezo patch has been proposed. Mathematical and finite element models are developed to calculate the harvested energy. The results are experimentally verified. The average output power of 14.48 nW is generated corresponding to the magnetic force of 0.3126 N and rotational speed of 2100 r/min. The results from the mathematical and finite element models are observed to be consistent with the experimental results. Such harvester will be useful for the applications having space limitations such as self-power generation in an artillery shell and rotary projectile.
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