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Generation of electrical energy using lead zirconate titanate (PZT-5A) piezoelectric material: Analytical, numerical and experimental verifications

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Energy harvesting is the process of attaining energy from the external sources and transforming it into usable electrical energy. An analytical model of piezoelectric energy harvester has been developed to determine the output voltage across an electrical circuit when it is forced to undergo a base excitation. This model gives an easy approach to design and investigate the behavior of piezoelectric material. Numerical simulations have been carried out to determine the effect of frequency and loading on a Lead zirconate titanate (PZT-5A) piezoelectric material. It has been observed that the output voltage from the harvester increases when loading increases whereas its resonance frequency decreases. The analytical results were found to be in good agreement with the experimental and numerical simulation results.

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  1. Department of Mechanical, Mechatronics and Manufacturing Engineering, UET Lahore, Faisalabad Campus, Lahore, Pakistan

    Zubair Butt & Nasir Ahmad

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Pakistan

    Riffat Asim Pasha, Faisal Qayyum & Zeeshan Anjum

  3. Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, China

    Hassan Elahi

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Zubair Butt was born in Sialkot, Pakistan, in 1988. He received his B.Sc. degree from UET Taxila, in 2012. He received his M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from UET Taxila, in 2015. Now he is working as a Lecturer in Department of Mechanical, Mechatronics and Manufacturing Engineering, UET Lahore Faisalabad Campus, Pakistan. His research interest includes the Energy harvesting terminology and MEMS system.

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Butt, Z., Pasha, R.A., Qayyum, F. et al. Generation of electrical energy using lead zirconate titanate (PZT-5A) piezoelectric material: Analytical, numerical and experimental verifications. J Mech Sci Technol 30, 3553–3558 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-016-0715-3

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