{"title":"Assessment of an energy harvester based on shear mode piezoceramics","authors":"V. Kulkarni, R. Ben Mrad, S. E. Prasad, S. Nemana","doi":"10.1109/ISMA.2012.6215192","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Piezoceramics energy harvesters can transform ambient vibration energy into electrical signals and thus they are being explored for their potential to create self-powered devices for a variety of applications. However, currently available harvesters suffer from low-power outputs. This paper presents a concept of a shear mode piezoceramic energy harvester that utilizes favourable material properties to improve output power harvested from ambient mechanical vibrations. A model of this harvester is also presented to predict the power output and other characteristics of the harvester under various environments.","PeriodicalId":315018,"journal":{"name":"2012 8th International Symposium on Mechatronics and its Applications","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2012-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2012 8th International Symposium on Mechatronics and its Applications","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMA.2012.6215192","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Piezoceramics energy harvesters can transform ambient vibration energy into electrical signals and thus they are being explored for their potential to create self-powered devices for a variety of applications. However, currently available harvesters suffer from low-power outputs. This paper presents a concept of a shear mode piezoceramic energy harvester that utilizes favourable material properties to improve output power harvested from ambient mechanical vibrations. A model of this harvester is also presented to predict the power output and other characteristics of the harvester under various environments.