WIND ENERGY HARVESTING USING PIEZOELECTRIC

MATERIALS

A SEMINAR REPORT

Submitted by

ARJUN K
TVE17ME034 to
The APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the Degree of

Bachelor of Technology in
Mechanical Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

College of Engineering Trivandrum

Thiruvananthapuram - 695016

SEPTEMBER 2020
 DECLARATION

I undersigned hereby declare that the seminar report “Wind Energy Harvesting Using
Piezoelectric Materials”, submitted for partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of
degree of Bachelor of Technology of the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Kerala is a
bonafide work done by me under supervision of Dr. Rani S. This submission represents my ideas
in my own words and where ideas or words of others have been included, I have adequately and
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 CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT i
ABSTRACT ii
LIST OF FIGURES iii
ABBREVIATIONS iii
Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION 1
Chapter 2. LITERATURE SURVEY 2
Chapter 3. ENERGY CONVERSIONS INVOLVED 4
3.1 FIRST ENERGY CONVERSION 4
3.1.1 Impact resonance technique 4
3.1.2 Alternating magnetic field technique 4
3.1.3 Scotch yoke mechanism 5
3.1.4 Aero elastic flutter 5
3.1.5 Vortex shedding 5
3.2 SECOND ENERGY CONVERSION 5
3.2.1 Piezoelectric effect 5
3.2.2 Structural configurations used in
Energy harvesting 6
3.2.3 Techniques employed to extract energy
From low amplitude vibrations 6
3.3 THIRD ENERGY CONVERSION 8
Chapter 4. WIND ENERGY HARVESTING MODELS 9
4.1 MODEL PROPOSED BY CHANG SHU 9
4.2 MODEL PROPOSED BY KISHORE 9
4.3 MODEL PROPOSED BY WANG 10
4.4 MODEL PROPOSED BY GAO 11
4.5 MODEL PROPOSED BY TAN & PANDA 12
Figure 4.3.1 Wind energy harvesting model proposed by Wang
4.6 MODEL MODIFIED BY WANG 12
Chapter 5. CONCLUSION 13
REFERENCES 14
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First of all, I am indebted to the GOD ALMIGHTY for giving me an opportunity to excel
in my efforts to complete this seminar on time. I am extremely grateful to Dr. JIJI C V,
Principal, College Of Engineering Trivandrum and Dr. Anil Lal, Head of Department,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, for providing all the required resources for the
successful completion of my seminar. My heartfelt gratitude to my seminar guide Dr. Rani S,
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, for his valuable suggestions and
guidance in the preparation of the seminar report. I express my thanks to Dr. N Ashok Kumar,
Prof. Renjith B.S, and all staff members and friends for all the help and co-ordination extended in
bringing out this seminar successfully in time. I will be failing in duty if I do not acknowledge
with grateful thanks to the authors of the references and other literatures referred to in this
seminar. Last but not the least.

Thanking You
Arjun K

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 ABSTRACT

Most of the present electronic equipments are powered by rechargeable batteries, so the user has
to replace or recharge them frequently, that causes an inconvenience for the user. So if we can
power them by extracting energy from ambient non utilized energy sources, it will be a great
advantage. In this presentation we will discuss the energy harvesting techniques from low speed
wind using piezoelectric effect. The basic principle involved, energy conversion stages, various
structural configurations, mechanisms used to convert the wind energy to mechanical vibrations,
techniques used to harvest energy from low frequency vibrations etc are discussed in this
presentation along with some models of wind energy harvesters.
 LIST OF FIGURES

No. Title Page No.

3.2.1 Unimorph and Bimorph energy harvesting configurations 6
3.2.2 Frequency response for single SDOF system 7
and series of 2 SDOF systems
3.3.1 Schematic representation of rectifier and regulator systems 8
4.1.1 Wind energy harvesting model proposed by Chang Shu 9
4.2.1 Wind energy harvesting model proposed by Kishore 10
4.3.1 Wind energy harvesting model proposed by Wang 11
4.4.1 Wind energy harvesting model proposed by Gao 11
4.5.1 Wind energy harvesting model proposed by Tan & Panda 12
4.6.1 Wind energy harvesting model modified by Wang 12

ABBREVIATIONS

BT Barium Titanate
DOF Degree Of Freedom
MDOF Multiple Degree Of Freedom
PZT Lead Zirconate Titanate
PVDF Poly Vinyl Diflouroethhyline
SDOF Single Degree Of Freedom

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