Double piezoelectric energy harvesting cell: modeling and experimental verification

作者：Wang, Xianfeng; Shi, Zhifei^*

来源：Smart Materials and Structures, 2017, 26(6): 065002.

DOI：10.1088/1361-665X/aa6cf9

• cymbal transducer
• piezoelectric stack
• energy harvester

In this paper, a novel energy transducer named double piezoelectric energy harvesting cell (DPEHC) consisting of two flex-compressive piezoelectric energy harvesting cells (F-C PEHCs) is proposed. At the very beginning, two F-C PEHCs, a kind of cymbal type energy transducer, are assembled together sharing the same end just in order to be placed steady. However, throughout an open-circuit voltage test, additional energy harvesting performance of the DPEHC prototype appears. Taking the interaction between the two F-C PEHCs into account, a mechanical model for analyzing the DPEHC is established. The electric output of the DPEHC under harmonic excitation is obtained theoretically and verified experimentally, and good agreement is found. In addition, as an inverse problem, the method for identifying the key mechanical parameters of the DPEHC is recommended. Finally, the additional energy harvesting performance of the DPEHC is quantitatively discussed. Numerical results show that the additional energy harvesting performance of the DPEHC is correlated with the key mechanical parameters of the DPEHC. For the present DPEHC prototype, the energy harvesting addition is over 400% compared with two independent F-C PEHCs under the same load condition.

• 出版日期2017-6
• 单位北京交通大学