Modeling and Analysis of Piezoelectric Vibrating Generator of Cantilever

2011 ◽  
Vol 148-149 ◽  
pp. 1327-1330
Author(s):  
Qing He ◽  
Zhen Yan ◽  
Li Kai Fei ◽  
Bo Song
Keyword(s):  
Cantilever Beam ◽  
Output Voltage ◽  
Electric Energy ◽  
Power Capacity ◽  
Parallel Connection ◽  
Series Connection ◽  
Modeling And Analysis ◽  
Piezoelectric Beam ◽  
Piezoelectric Generator ◽  
Generator Output

In order to improve greatly power capacity of cantilever beam piezoelectric generator, output voltage, electric charge and energy of unimorph, bimorph series connection and parallel connection is analyzed by theory models. It can be seen from analytic results that the larger output voltage and electric energy would be obtained if length is increased and width is decreased under the exterior stimulation circumstances. At the same time, bimorph series connection piezoelectric beam should be chosen preferentially.

Structural Design and Testing of a Butterfly Piezoelectric Generator with Multilayer Cantilever Beams

2013 ◽  
Vol 655-657 ◽  
pp. 823-829 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi Lin Ruan ◽  
Jun Jie Gong ◽  
Meng Chang Cai ◽  
Bing Huang
Keyword(s):  
Resonant Frequency ◽  
Cantilever Beam ◽  
Structural Design ◽  
Output Voltage ◽  
Experimental Setup ◽  
Cantilever Beams ◽  
Material Parameters ◽  
Piezoelectric Cantilever ◽  
Piezoelectric Generator ◽  
Design And Testing

In order to solve the inconsistent problem of multi-layer connection and vibration in each layer, a butterfly piezoelectric generator with multilayer cantilever beams is designed. The generator is mainly constituted by butterfly multilayer cantilever beams and mass subassembly two parts. Physical devices of butterfly generator and typical piezoelectric cantilever are fabricated respectively. The experimental setup is also put up for the testing of resonant frequency and output voltage. It can be found that each layer of multilayer generator has a similar output voltage and resonant frequency to the typical one with same geometric and material parameters. So each layer in butterfly piezoelectric generator can be simplified as a typical cantilever beam for researching and analyzing.

A Structural-Algorithmic and Parametric Synthesis of Single-Phase Voltage Source Inverters for Increased Power Capacity

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-53
Author(s):  
GENNADY S. MYTSYK ◽  
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ZAW HTET HEIN ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Flow ◽  
Output Voltage ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Single Phase ◽  
Voltage Source ◽  
Phase Voltage ◽  
Power Capacity ◽  
Voltage Source Inverters ◽  
Solar Power Plants ◽  
Output Filter

The recent interest of developers of new technology in studying a structural and algorithmic synthesis (SAS) of voltage source inverters (VSI) for solar power plants (SPP) is stemming from a growing need to solve problems in connection with the revealed new possibilities of converting energy flow (from DC to AC) with better energy efficiency by reducing the depth of its pulse modulation. This problem is solved by using more rational structural and algorithmic solutions. It is shown that for SPPs for a capacity of about 1 MW and more, it is more expedient to construct inverters based on the energy flow multichannel conversion principle. Given a limited power capacity of the transistor components, the application of this principle allows the problem to be solved in fact without using an output filter. The output voltage waveform is shaped using the energy flow pulse-amplitude modulation (PAM), and its M parts are summed in the output circuit by out using M winding transfilters (M-TF). The proposed method for carrying out combined SAS of single-phase voltage source inverters with multichannel conversion is considered, which consists in using an N-level single-phase VSI (N-SPVSI) in each of the M channels with the voltage levels optimized in terms of the minimum total harmonic distortion (THD). The resulting voltage of this class of single-phase inverters, designated as MxN-SPVSI, is formed by the corresponding phase shift of the channel voltages followed by summing the channel currents by M-TF. It is shown that the resulting output voltage levels are also close to their values optimized with respect to the minimum of the THD indicator. The results from a comparative analysis of two options — a single-channel 8-level inverter and a four-channel 8-level inverter are given. For the second option, only one intermediate voltage tap in the solar battery is required (instead of seven taps in the first option) along with modern transistor components that are available for practical implementation. In both options, the THD value less than 5% is obtained with almost no need of using an output filter. The presented results provide a certain information and methodological support for system designing of single-phase voltage source inverters as applied to the specific features of solar power plants. Three-phase inverters can be built on the basis of three single-phase inverters with galvanic isolation of the power sources for each phase.

Increase in Availability of Solid Oxide Fuel Cells by Means of Parallel Connection of Cells

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanno Stagge ◽  
Lars Doerrer ◽  
Ralf Benger ◽  
Beck Hans-Peter
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells ◽  
Single Cell ◽  
Single Cells ◽  
Electric Energy ◽  
Solid Oxide ◽  
Oxide Fuel ◽  
Parallel Connection ◽  
In Series ◽  
Storage Technologies

Fuel cells consist of single cells that are connected in series to form a stack. This increases output voltage and therefore decreases current-dependent power losses, but the electric current of the stack has to flow through each single cell. In case of an increase of resistance or a failure of just one single cell the whole stack is affected. The failure tolerance of a parallel connection is higher. The serial and parallel connection of single solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) is compared under the aspects of failure probability, power drop and stress on the single cells. With both a highly linearized and a complex SOFC model simulations have been accomplished of the connection of two single cells in parallel and in serial configuration. Additionally different connection concepts of 16 single cells were examined. Finally, an outlook on different other source or storage technologies for electric energy like batteries and photovoltaic cells is given.

Sensing Signal and Energy Generation Analysis on a Flexoelectric Beam

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. D. Hu ◽  
H. Li ◽  
H. S. Tzou
Keyword(s):  
Cantilever Beam ◽  
Coupling Effect ◽  
Mechanical Strain ◽  
Electric Energy ◽  
Energy Generation ◽  
Electric Polarization ◽  
Ambient Vibration ◽  
Electric Voltage ◽  
Flexoelectric Effect ◽  
Fourth Mode

Flexoelectricity is known as an electromechanical gradient coupling effect. The direct flexoelectric effect that can convert mechanical strain gradient into electric polarization (or electric field) plays an important role in charge generation in the situation when piezoelectricity is absent. This study focuses on the application of the direct flexoelectric effect based on a flexoelectric cantilever beam to investigate its effectiveness of sensing signal and energy generation. The dielectric cantilever beam is deposited with electrodes both on top and bottom surfaces to generate an electric voltage. The sensing mechanism of flexo-piezo-electric effect is analyzed and the expression of sensing signal is derived. Results show that the output sensing signal is only contributed by the flexoelectric effect while the piezoelectric effect is eliminated due to the symmetric bending strains through the beam thickness. The spatial distribution of sensing signal when the fully covered electrode is uniformly segmented to 10 patches is evaluated as an illustration, and the flexoelectric sensitivity of about 0.15V/mm for the first mode and 4V/mm for the fourth mode is achieved. The optimal sensing position is dependent of the electrode size and the vibration mode and in general, it locates where the difference between the slopes at two ends of the electrode patch reaches maximum. Based on the flexoelectric voltage, the energy generation power is also conducted when the flexoelectric cantilever beam is treated as distributed energy harvesters. As a result, the maximal power of RMS is about 1.5×10−8W/mm for the first mode and increases to about 0.6mW/mm for the fourth mode. It provides an alternative way to harvest electric energy from the ambient vibration without using piezoelectricity.

Performance Analysis of Varied Dimensions Piezoelectric Energy Harvester

2015 ◽  
Vol 754-755 ◽  
pp. 481-488
Author(s):  
Bibi Nadia Taib ◽  
Norhayati Sabani ◽  
Chan Buan Fei ◽  
Mazlee Mazalan ◽  
Mohd Azarulsani Md Azidin
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Low Power ◽  
Piezoelectric Material ◽  
Cantilever Beam ◽  
Physical Vapor Deposition ◽  
Output Voltage ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Experimental Result ◽  
Piezoelectric Energy ◽  
Piezoelectric Cantilever

Thin film piezoelectric material plays a vital role in micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), due to its low power requirements and the availability of high energy harvesting. Zinc oxide is selected for piezoelectric material because of its high piezoelectric coupling coefficient, easy to deposit on silicon substrate and excellent adhesion. Deposited ZnO and Al improve the electrical properties, electrical conductivity and thermal stability. The design, fabrication and experimental test of fabricated MEMS piezoelectric cantilever beams operating in d33 mode were presented in this paper. PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition) was selected as the deposition method for aluminium while spincoating was chosen to deposit ZnO thin film. The piezoelectric cantilever beam is arranged with self-developed experimental setup consisting of DC motor and oscilloscope. Based on experimental result, the longer length of piezoelectric cantilever beam produce higher output voltage at oscilloscope. The piezoelectric cantilevers generated output voltages which were from 2.2 mV to 8.8 mV at 50 Hz operation frequency. One of four samples achieved in range of desired output voltage, 1-3 mV and the rest samples produced a higher output voltage. The output voltage is adequate for a very low power wireless sensing nodes as a substitute energy source to classic batteries.

Impact Experiment and Analysis of Cantilever-Type Piezoelectric Generator

2013 ◽  
Vol 441 ◽  
pp. 594-597
Author(s):  
Xing Lin Wang ◽  
Xiao Dong Sun ◽  
Zhi Gang Yang ◽  
Yun Guang Song ◽  
Ai Juan Quan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Impact Velocity ◽  
Electric Energy ◽  
Peak Voltage ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Output Waveform ◽  
Piezoelectric Generator ◽  
Impact Experiment ◽  
The Impact

An impact experiment of cantilever-type piezoelectric generator is founded in order to record and analyze the first crest of output waveform. For the first crest, the analysis results show that the impact velocity, the peak voltage and the electric energy have positive correlation. The impact velocity has little influence to electricity. With the impact amplitude raised, the peak voltage, the electricity and the electric energy will rise, however, the rate of rising will descend.

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