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Many sources of energy like wind, solar, vibration, etc., are wasted into environment if they are not scavenged properly with new and improved technology. A simple mechanism model is developed to harness this redundant wind energy with the help of piezoelectric material. The mechanism modeled produces energy at micro-level, which can operate micro-electronic circuits and other micro-electrical equipment like wireless sensors, actuator, etc. The model was created and simulated in SolidWorks, and the beam with piezoelectric material was modeled in ANSYS 19.0 with piezo and MEMS extension. The material used is PZT-5H (Lead Zirconate Titanate-Navy type VI). The SolidWorks model produces an acceleration of 2.004–72.14 m/s2, and the maximum force of 3.030 N was obtained at the angular speed of 6π rad/s. The range of operation of model taken into consideration is from 2π to 6π rad/s. The simulated accelerations were verified with analytical formulas. The piezoelectric beam modeled in ANSYS 19.0 Workbench produces a maximum open circuit voltage of 0.733 V at 36 Hz, which is first mode of natural frequency. The model works in d31 (bending) mode of piezoelectric.
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Nayal, R., Sharma, A. (2021). Mechanism-Driven Piezoelectric Energy Harvester. In: Rakesh, P.K., Sharma, A.K., Singh, I. (eds) Advances in Engineering Design . Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4018-3_51
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