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<p>With the application of wireless sensor networks become widespread, supply energy for these wireless sensors proves to be a significant issue. Moreover, for the ambient vibration lies everywhere, the vibration can supply energy for the wireless sensor via energy harvester. The piezoelectric energy harvester becomes the research focus for the simple structure and higher energy conversion efficiency. Due to the transcendental equation in distributed parameter model, the numerical method is become powerful complement for theoretical and experimental method. This paper uses ANSYS to analyze the single piezoelectric cantilever in static analysis, model analysis, harmonic response analysis and mechanical-electrical coupling analysis. It analyzes the natural frequency and voltage effect from four aspects which are length to thickness ratio, length to width ratio, the substrate thickness to piezoelectric thickness ratio and seismic mass. Test and measurement for piezoelectric energy harvester is conduct on the testing platform. Macro cantilever beam piezoelectric energy harvester are tested and measured</p>
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With the application of wireless sensor networks become widespread, supply energy for these wireless sensors proves to be a significant issue. Moreover, for the ambient vibration lies everywhere, the vibration can supply energy for the wireless sensor via energy harvester. The piezoelectric energy harvester becomes the research focus for the simple structure and higher energy conversion efficiency. Due to the transcendental equation in distributed parameter model, the numerical method is become powerful complement for theoretical and experimental method. This paper uses ANSYS to analyze the single piezoelectric cantilever in static analysis, model analysis, harmonic response analysis and mechanical-electrical coupling analysis. It analyzes the natural frequency and voltage effect from four aspects which are length to thickness ratio, length to width ratio, the substrate thickness to piezoelectric thickness ratio and seismic mass. Test and measurement for piezoelectric energy harvester is conduct on the testing platform. Macro cantilever beam piezoelectric energy harvester are tested and measured

Cantilever Beam Based Piezoelectric Energy Harvester

Taiyuan University of Science and Technology

International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems

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With the application of wireless sensor networks become widespread, supply energy for these wireless sensors proves to be a significant issue. Moreover, for...

Cantilever Beam Based Piezoelectric Energy Harvester

Published Online: Dec 01, 2015

Page range: 2018 - 2041

Received: Oct 15, 2015

Accepted: Nov 10, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2017-841

Keywords
piezoelectric, energy harvester, mechanical-electrical coupling

© 2015 Yao Fenglin et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Cantilever Beam Based Piezoelectric Energy Harvester

Published Online: Dec 01, 2015

Page range: 2018 - 2041

Received: Oct 15, 2015

Accepted: Nov 10, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2017-841

Keywordspiezoelectric, energy harvester, mechanical-electrical coupling

© 2015 Yao Fenglin et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
piezoelectric, energy harvester, mechanical-electrical coupling