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Piezo-beam Structure in a Pipe with Turbulent Flow as Energy Harvester: Mathematical Modeling and Simulation

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Harvesting energy from natural flows like wind and water with smart materials such as piezoelectric yields an economical, eco-friendly, lightweight, and sustainable source of electricity for gadgets. The higher level of spatial coherence exhibited by turbulent flows and the vibration induced by piezoelectric beam arrangement with the striking of fluid offers a distinct opportunity for energy generation. In the proposed work, an investigation has been made to generate voltage by striking turbulent flowing fluid with the velocity of 1 m/s on a piezo-beam in a circular pipe mounted inside it at a distance of 0.20 m from the inlet. Simulation has been done by finite element analysis (FEA) in ANSYS software, while the mathematical modeling for fluid–piezo interaction has been done using discretization method. The vortex shedding phenomenon occurs by induced vibrations due to the interaction of the fluid with a piezoelectric beam arrangement of pipe at the frequency range of 10–103 Hz. Consequently, the maximum voltage of 2.95586*10–1 V has been generated in the structural arrangement at a frequency of 103 Hz through simulation. Further, it can be stored in storage devices like batteries for upcoming usage. The simulation and mathematical modeling findings are in good agreement with a percentage error of 2.033.

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Abbreviations

CFD:

Computational fluid dynamics

FEA:

Finite element analysis

PZT:

Lead zirconate titanate

PVDF:

Polyvinylidene fluoride

FSI:

Fluid solid interaction

PEH:

Piezoelectric energy harvesting

RANS:

Reynolds averaged Navier–Stokes equations

K.E:

Kinetic energy

TFEH:

Turbulent flow energy harvester

LED:

Light emitting diode

EVMS:

Equivalent von Mises stress

MSN:

Micro-sensor network

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The authors acknowledge the University Institute of Engineering & Technology, Kurukshetra University, India, for providing laboratory facilities to operate the ANSYS software.

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  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, DCRUST, Sonipat Haryana, Murthal, India

    Ashish Kaushik

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University Institute of Engineering and Technology, M.D.University, Rohtak, Haryana, India

    Deepak Chhabra

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Yadav, M., Kumar, S., Kaushik, A. et al. Piezo-beam Structure in a Pipe with Turbulent Flow as Energy Harvester: Mathematical Modeling and Simulation. J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. D 104, 739–752 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40033-022-00440-z

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