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Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Gyroscopes: Comparative Modeling and Effectiveness

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  • Manuel Serrano

    (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA)

  • Kevin Larkin

    (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87547, USA)

  • Sergei Tretiak

    (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87547, USA)

  • Abdessattar Abdelkefi

    (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA)

Abstract

Given its versatility in drawing power from many sources in the natural world, piezoelectric energy harvesting (PEH) has become increasingly popular. However, its energy harvesting capacities could be enhanced further. Here, a mathematical model that accurately simulates the dynamic behavior and energy harvested can facilitate further improvements in the performance of piezoelectric devices. One of the goals of this study is to create a dependable reduced-order model of a multi-purpose gyroscope. This model will make it possible to compute the harvested voltage and electrical power in a semi-analytical manner. The harvested voltage is often modeled as an average value across the whole electrode surface in piezoelectric devices. We propose a model which provides practical insights toward optimizing the performance of the system by considering a spatially varying electric field across the electrode surface length. Our framework allows investigation of the limits of applicability of the modeling assumptions across a range of load resistances. The differential quadrature method (DQM) provides the basis for the suggested numerical solution. The model is also employed to examine energy harvesting under various resistance loads. The newly developed spatially varying model is evaluated for open- and closed-circuit conditions and is proved to be accurate for various values of load resistance that have not previously been considered. The results show that using a spatially varying model is more versatile when modeling the performance of the piezoelectric multifunctional energy harvester. The performance may be accurately captured by the model for load resistances ranging between 10 3 Ω and 10 8 Ω. At optimum load resistance and near 65 KHz, the maximum power output predicted by the spatially varying (SV) model is 1.3 mV, 1.5 mV for the open-circuit (OC) model, and 2.1 mV for the closed circuit (CE) model. At a high-load resistance, the SV and OC models all predict the maximum power output to be 1.9 mV while the CE model predicted the maximum voltage to be 3 mV.

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  • Manuel Serrano & Kevin Larkin & Sergei Tretiak & Abdessattar Abdelkefi, 2023. "Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Gyroscopes: Comparative Modeling and Effectiveness," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(4), pages 1-21, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:16:y:2023:i:4:p:2000-:d:1071901
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