On the harvest of rainfall energy by means of piezoelectric transducer

Author

Viola, Fabio ; Romano, Pietro ; Miceli, Rosario ; Acciari, Gianluca

Author_Institution

DEIM - Dipt. di Energia, Ing. dell´Inf. e Modelli Matematici, Univ. degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy

fYear

2013

fDate

20-23 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

1133

Lastpage

1138

Abstract

In this paper a detailed study on the harvest of the energy contained in rainfall by means of piezoelectric transducers is presented. Diverse 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, takes into account the behavior of the transducers subjected to real and also artificial rainfall, condition that has shown promising behavior in laboratory. In order to increase the energy harvesting and also define its limits different loads have been taken into account. Only commercial transducers have been considered: a lead zirconate titanate and polyvinylidene difluoride transducer.

Keywords

carbon compounds; energy harvesting; inorganic compounds; piezoelectric transducers; polymers; rain; artificial rainfall; electrodes; energy harvesting; generated voltage; lead zirconate titanate transducer; optimistic forecasts; piezoelectric transducer; polyvinylidene difluoride transducer; rainfall energy; supplied power; Generators; Piezoelectric materials; Piezoelectric transducers; Rain; Stress; energy harvesting; piezoelectric;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Madrid

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICRERA.2013.6749923

Filename

6749923