DocumentCode
165726
Title
Piezoelectric model of rainfall energy harvester
Author
Viola, Fabio ; Romano, Pietro ; Miceli, Rosario ; Acciari, Gianluca ; Spataro, Ciro
Author_Institution
Univ. degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
fYear
2014
fDate
25-27 March 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
7
Abstract
In this paper a model to predict the harvest of the energy contained in rainfall by means of piezoelectric transducers is presented. Different studies agree on the level of suitable generated voltage on the electrodes of a piezoelectric transducer subjected to rainfall, but a complete characterization on the supplied power is still missing. This work, in order to limit optimistic forecasts, compares the behavior of the transducers subjected to real and artificial rainfall, a condition that has shown promising behavior in laboratory.
Keywords
energy harvesting; piezoelectric transducers; rain; piezoelectric model; piezoelectric transducer; rainfall energy harvester; supplied power characterization; Electric fields; Piezoelectric materials; Piezoelectric transducers; Strain; Stress; Vibrations; energy harvester; piezoelectric effect;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Ecological Vehicles and Renewable Energies (EVER), 2014 Ninth International Conference on
Conference_Location
Monte-Carlo
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-3786-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EVER.2014.6844093
Filename
6844093
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