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Measuring rain energy with the employment of “Arduino”

Rosario MiceliGiuseppe SchettinoFabio ViolaL. RiggiPietro RomanoMassimo CarusoG. Acciari

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010302 applied physicsMeasure (data warehouse)EngineeringEnergy harvestingbusiness.industryElectric potential energyElectrical engineering02 engineering and technologySettore ING-IND/32 - Convertitori Macchine E Azionamenti Elettrici021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologySettore ING-INF/01 - Elettronica01 natural sciencesSettore ING-IND/31 - ElettrotecnicaElectricity generationTransducerArduino0103 physical sciencesOscilloscope0210 nano-technologybusinessEnergy harvestingPiezoelectric sensorEnergy (signal processing)

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This paper presents the performances of rainfall energy harvesting through the use of a piezoelectric transducer and an Arduino-based measuring system. Diverse studies agree on the possibility of generating electricity from rainfall, but to date, a study that can measure the quantity of energy produced during rainfall is still missing. The present study begins with results obtained from laboratory researchers using piezoelectric transducers and oscilloscopes — to measure the energy produced from a single raindrop — and concludes with an ad hoc Arduino-based measuring system, aimed at measuring the actual amount of electrical energy produced by a piezoelectric transducer that is exposed to rainfall of variable durations.

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2016-11-012016 IEEE International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA)
https://doi.org/10.1109/icrera.2016.7884504