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Article Type: Original Research

Finite element modeling of a pavement piezoelectric energy harvester

Subject Areas : Analytical and Numerical Methods in Mechanical Design

Ehsan Latifi Pakdehi 1 , Ali Akbar Pasha Zanoosi 2

1 - Faculty of Industrial & Mechanical Engineering,Islamic Azad University, Qazvin Branch, Qazvin, Iran
2 - Faculty of Industrial & Mechanical Engineering,Islamic Azad University, Qazvin Branch, Qazvin, Iran

Received: 2022-09-21 Accepted : 2022-09-21 Published : 2022-12-01

Keywords: Sensitivity analysis, Finite Element Method, output voltage, Piezoelectric energy harvester, Pavement vibration,

Abstract :

One of the best methods to achieving renewable and clean energy is piezoelectric energy harvesters (PEHs), which convert mechanical and vibration energy into electrical energy. These generators appeared after the special and unique capabilities of piezoelectric and vibration to electrical energy can be directly converted. The use of these generators is seen in many fields including the use of roads and bridges to convert vibrations caused by the vehicles in to electrical energy and other thing. In this study a piezoelectric energy harvester with the feature of parallel piezoelectric connections was computer simulated using a finite element method. In a computer simulation unlike laboratory method that can only analyze one form of a system, different states and situations of factors can be simulated. In this study, to achieve an optimal state of power and output voltage of an existing PEH, the effects and behaviors of different parameters such as forces, frequencies, temperatures, housing dimensions, piezoelectric materials and the presence of isolators have been investigated. In addition, to obtain the significance of these factors, using the analysis of variance method, the importance and effectiveness of each of these parameters has been investigated. The results revealed that increasing the amount of force and frequency and decreasing the temperature increases the output voltage of this kind of PEH. Changing the dimensions of the housing if its area is constant, does not change the output result and the use of isolators reduces the output voltage. The effect of these parameters is compared to previous studies and the results are presented.

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