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Piezoelectric energy harvesting from broadband random vibrations

S Adhikari1, M I Friswell1 and D J Inman2,3

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Energy harvesting for the purpose of powering low power electronic sensor systems has received explosive attention in the last few years. Most works using deterministic approaches focusing on using the piezoelectric effect to harvest ambient vibration energy have concentrated on cantilever beams at resonance using harmonic excitation. Here, using a stochastic approach, we focus on using a stack configuration and harvesting broadband vibration energy, a more practically available ambient source. It is assumed that the ambient base excitation is stationary Gaussian white noise, which has a constant power-spectral density across the frequency range considered. The mean power acquired from a piezoelectric vibration-based energy harvester subjected to random base excitation is derived using the theory of random vibrations. Two cases, namely the harvesting circuit with and without an inductor, have been considered. Exact closed-form expressions involving non-dimensional parameters of the electromechanical system have been given and illustrated using numerical examples.


PACS

46.40.-f Vibrations and mechanical waves

46.70.De Beams, plates and shells

77.65.Bn Piezoelectric and electrostrictive constants

07.07.Df Sensors (chemical, optical, electrical, movement, gas, etc.); remote sensing

Subjects

Condensed matter: electrical, magnetic and optical

Instrumentation and measurement

Condensed matter: structural, mechanical & thermal

Dates

Issue 11 (November 2009)

Received 20 April 2009, in final form 21 June 2009

Published 11 September 2009



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