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Analyses of impedance matching for piezoelectric energy harvester with a resistive circuit

  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Qiqihar University

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Abstract

To investigate resistance matching and the power optimality performance of the piezoelectric energy harvester connected to a resistance circuit, an analytical solution for the bimorph piezoelectric energy harvester based on the piezoelectric constitutive equations and the fundamental mechanics of materials relations is done to estimate the maximum achievable power and the optimal resistance. A finite element model for system-level simulation is constructed to analyze the effect of the various load resistance on output power around the resonance frequency. Furthermore, the internal impedance of the energy harvester is obtained from a harmonic alternating voltage input using the finite element method (FEM). The simulation results were found to be in agreement with numerical calculation results. The results indicate that the output power depends on the internal impendence of the piezoelectric energy harvester, and the impedance matching can be used to extract maximum output power.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2011 International Conference on Electronic and Mechanical Engineering and Information Technology, EMEIT 2011
Pages1679-1683
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event2011 International Conference on Electronic and Mechanical Engineering and Information Technology, EMEIT 2011 - Harbin, China
Duration: 12 Aug 201114 Aug 2011

Publication series

NameProceedings of 2011 International Conference on Electronic and Mechanical Engineering and Information Technology, EMEIT 2011
Volume4

Conference

Conference2011 International Conference on Electronic and Mechanical Engineering and Information Technology, EMEIT 2011
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHarbin
Period12/08/1114/08/11

Keywords

  • energy harvesting
  • impedance matching
  • optimization
  • piezoelectric

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