Experimental Power Harvesting from a Pipe Using a Macro Fiber Composite (MFC)

Piezoelectric material can be used to transform ambient vibration energy into small amounts of electrical power. As piezoelectric materials have been developing, such as lead-zirconate-titanate (PZT), Quick Pack (QP), macro fiber composite (MFC) and polyvinylidineflouride (PVDF), many researchers ha...

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Main Authors: Eziwarman, Eziwarman, Forbes, Gareth, Howard, Ian
Other Authors: Ford Lumban Gaol
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Springer-Verlag 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36654
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author Eziwarman, Eziwarman
Forbes, Gareth
Howard, Ian
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Eziwarman, Eziwarman
Forbes, Gareth
Howard, Ian
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description Piezoelectric material can be used to transform ambient vibration energy into small amounts of electrical power. As piezoelectric materials have been developing, such as lead-zirconate-titanate (PZT), Quick Pack (QP), macro fiber composite (MFC) and polyvinylidineflouride (PVDF), many researchers have been investigating their applications. This research investigates the possibility of electrical energy being generated by a macro fiber composite (MFC) patch mounted onto the surface of a pipe structure. In addition to the application of MFC, this research investigates the effect of varying load impedance to; the resonance frequency, voltage and electrical power generated by the structure. The results presented are for a large structure where most previous research on power harvesting has been undertaken on much smaller structures.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-366542023-01-27T05:52:10Z Experimental Power Harvesting from a Pipe Using a Macro Fiber Composite (MFC) Eziwarman, Eziwarman Forbes, Gareth Howard, Ian Ford Lumban Gaol Quang Vinh Nguyen pipe vibration MFC vibration piezoelectric harvesting energy harvesting Piezoelectric material can be used to transform ambient vibration energy into small amounts of electrical power. As piezoelectric materials have been developing, such as lead-zirconate-titanate (PZT), Quick Pack (QP), macro fiber composite (MFC) and polyvinylidineflouride (PVDF), many researchers have been investigating their applications. This research investigates the possibility of electrical energy being generated by a macro fiber composite (MFC) patch mounted onto the surface of a pipe structure. In addition to the application of MFC, this research investigates the effect of varying load impedance to; the resonance frequency, voltage and electrical power generated by the structure. The results presented are for a large structure where most previous research on power harvesting has been undertaken on much smaller structures. 2011 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36654 10.1007/978-3-642-28314-7_59 Springer-Verlag restricted
spellingShingle pipe vibration
MFC
vibration
piezoelectric harvesting
energy harvesting
Eziwarman, Eziwarman
Forbes, Gareth
Howard, Ian
Experimental Power Harvesting from a Pipe Using a Macro Fiber Composite (MFC)
title Experimental Power Harvesting from a Pipe Using a Macro Fiber Composite (MFC)
title_full Experimental Power Harvesting from a Pipe Using a Macro Fiber Composite (MFC)
title_fullStr Experimental Power Harvesting from a Pipe Using a Macro Fiber Composite (MFC)
title_full_unstemmed Experimental Power Harvesting from a Pipe Using a Macro Fiber Composite (MFC)
title_short Experimental Power Harvesting from a Pipe Using a Macro Fiber Composite (MFC)
title_sort experimental power harvesting from a pipe using a macro fiber composite (mfc)
topic pipe vibration
MFC
vibration
piezoelectric harvesting
energy harvesting
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36654