Energy Harvesting from Fluid Flow Using Piezoelectric Materials: A Review

Areeba Naqvi, Ahsan Ali, Wael A. Altabey () and Sallam A. Kouritem ()
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Areeba Naqvi: Department of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Pak-Austria Fachhochschule: Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology, Mang, Haripur 22621, Pakistan
Ahsan Ali: Sino-Pak Center for Artificial Intelligence, Pak-Austria Fachhochschule: Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology, Mang, Haripur 22621, Pakistan
Wael A. Altabey: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21544, Egypt
Sallam A. Kouritem: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21544, Egypt

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 19, 1-35

Abstract: Energy harvesting from piezoelectric materials is quite common and has been studied for the past few decades, but, recently, there have been a lot of new advancements in harnessing electrical energy via piezoelectric materials. In this regard, several studies were carried out in electrochemistry and fluid flow. Furthermore, consideration of productive and valuable resources is important to meet the needs of power generation. For this purpose, energy harvesting from fluids such as wind and water is significant and must be implemented on a large scale. So, developing self-powering devices can resolve the problem like that, and piezoelectric materials are gaining interest day by day because these materials help in energy generation. This review paper discusses different techniques for harnessing energy from fluid flows using piezoelectric materials. In addition, various vibration-based energy-harvesting mechanisms for improving the efficiency of piezoelectric energy harvesters have also been investigated and their opportunities and challenges identified.

Keywords: energy harvesting; piezoelectric materials; vibration-based energy harvesting; electro-chemistry; fluid flow; wind flow; water flow (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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