A Complete System Modelling of Piezoelectric Energy Harvester (PEH) with Silicon Carbide (SiC) Used as Cantilever Base

Authors

  • Mohd Nor Fakhzan Mohd Kazim School of Mechatronic Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Pauh Putra Campus, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
  • Selvanayakan Raman School of Mechatronic Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Pauh Putra Campus, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
  • Muhammad Hafiz Shafie School of Mechatronic Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Pauh Putra Campus, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
  • Nashrul Fazli Mohd Nasir School of Mechatronic Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Pauh Putra Campus, 02600 Arau, Perlis, Malaysia
  • Asan Gani Abdul Muthalif Department of Mechatronics, Kulliyah of Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), 53100 Jalan Gombak. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v69.3295

Keywords:

Silicon carbide, cantilever beam, piezoelectric, optimization, analytical modelling

Abstract

Silicon carbide (SiC) is a material that possesses hardness and robustness to operate under high temperature condition. This work is a pilot in exploring the feasibility of cubic piezo element on the SiC wafer with integrated proof mass as horizontal cantilever with perpendicular displacement with respect to the normal plane. With the advance of electronic circuitry, the power consumption is reduced to nano-watts. Therefore, harvesting ambient energy and converting into electrical energy through piezoelectric material will be useful for powering low power devices. Resonance is a property which able to optimize the generated output power by tuning the proof masses. The damping ratio is a considerable parameter for optimization. From analytical study, small damping ratio will enhance the output power of the piezoelectric energy harvester (PEH). This paper will present mathematical modelling approach, simulation verification and the conditional circuit named versatile precision full wave rectifier.  

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Published

2014-07-20

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Vol. 69 No. 8: Special Issue on Advanced Measurement and Sensor Applications

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Science and Engineering

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A Complete System Modelling of Piezoelectric Energy Harvester (PEH) with Silicon Carbide (SiC) Used as Cantilever Base. (2014). Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences & Engineering), 69(8). https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v69.3295