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Piezoelectric model of rainfall energy harvester

Pietro RomanoRosario MiceliFabio ViolaCiro SpataroG. Acciari

subject

Piezoelectric coefficientPiezoelectric accelerometerPiezoelectric sensorAcousticsenergy harvester piezoelectric effectSettore ING-IND/32 - Convertitori Macchine E Azionamenti ElettriciPiezoelectricitySettore ING-INF/01 - ElettronicaPower (physics)Settore ING-IND/31 - ElettrotecnicaTransducerPMUTEnvironmental scienceSettore ING-INF/07 - Misure Elettriche E ElettronicheVoltage

description

In this paper a model to predict the harvest of the energy contained in rainfall by means of piezoelectric transducers is presented. Different studies agree on the level of suitable generated voltage on the electrodes of a piezoelectric transducer subjected to rainfall, but a complete characterization on the supplied power is still missing. This work, in order to limit optimistic forecasts, compares the behavior of the transducers subjected to real and artificial rainfall, a condition that has shown promising behavior in laboratory.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2014-03-01
http://hdl.handle.net/10447/98119