 Energy harvesting with the piezoelectric material integrated shoeAnil Can Turkmen and Cenk Celik Energy, 2018, vol. 150, issue C, 556-564 Abstract: In our times, the importance of energy efficiency is known by anyone. Besides, it is possible to reclaim the energy consumed by means of the developed technology. In this study, it is aimed to reclaim the energy transferred to the ground while people are walking in their daily lives by using piezoelectric materials, which convert mechanical energy into electrical energy. Having designed a sole to serve this goal, different piezoelectric materials are placed into the sole. Its behaviors under human weight are observed using computer software. For this reason, parametric analyses were carried out using 50, 60, 70, 80, and 90 kg, PZT-5H and PZT-8 piezoelectric ceramics and frames made of steel and aluminum materials as holding bodies of piezoelectric ceramics as human bodies. As a result of the analysis, a system of PZT-5H piezoelectric ceramic with a steel frame integrated into a human shoe of a weight of 90 kg used, showing that 0.4% of the applied force can be harvested to 1.43 mW of electrical power. Keywords: Piezoelectric; Energy harvesting; Human walking; Shoe-based generator; PZT; Comsol multiphysics (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:energy:v:150:y:2018:i:c:p:556-564 DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2017.12.159 Access Statistics for this article Energy is currently edited by Henrik Lund and Mark J. Kaiser More articles in Energy from Elsevier |
Is your work missing from RePEc? Here is how to contribute.
Questions or problems? Check the EconPapers FAQ or send mail to .
EconPapers is hosted by the
School of Business at Örebro University.