Demonstration  of the effect of piezoelectric polarization vector on the performance of a vibration energy harvester

James M. Gibert

doi:10.1117/12.2045067

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1 April 2014 Demonstration of the effect of piezoelectric polarization vector on the performance of a vibration energy harvester

James M. Gibert

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Proceedings Volume 9057, Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems 2014; 90570L (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2045067
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2014, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

This manuscript is motivated by research that shows the shear, d₁₅, mode energy harvesters offer significant improvement in power generation over the traditional normal, d₃₁, mode based harvesters. The premise behind this study is to examine the effect of expanding the design domain of PZT based energy harvesters by considering an arbitrary poling angle. In the first part of the manuscript, we derive the equation of motions of a harvester based on Timoshenko beam theory in an unimorph configuration. The resulting equations are solved using a Rayleigh Ritz analysis. The electric displacement depends on both the normal and shear strain. Thus the proposed device operates using a combination of shear and normal modes to extract power. The extent to which each mode is used depends on the polarization orientation. We examine the effect of poling on the fundamental short and open circuit frequencies. Next, the poling angle is examined over a range to determine the effect on the power harvested at the fundamental modal frequencies of the system. The study demonstrates that an arbitrary poled piezoelectric increases the power that the harvester produces over traditionally poled devices; however, the performance is highly dependent on the geometry.

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James M. Gibert "Demonstration of the effect of piezoelectric polarization vector on the performance of a vibration energy harvester", Proc. SPIE 9057, Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems 2014, 90570L (1 April 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2045067

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