Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Floor Mat

Kamarul Anuar, Nur Liyana (2016) Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Floor Mat. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

In this era of technology development, the main concern is the need to develop new energy sources. One of the sectors that have attracted much interest is devices that are able to convert other types of energy into electrical energy. The purpose of this "Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Floor Mat" project is to develop a low-voltage electrical energy based on the concept of green technology. This project also will show that the presence of waste vibration energy might have some value to be used. Systems involved in this project is energy harvesting involves the conversion of dynamic compression of floors by people walking across piezoelectric materials into electrical energy, which exhibit electromechanical coupling between the electrical and mechanical domains. Mechanical vibration energy that results when people walk across received by the piezoelectric will generate a small electric energy, this electric energy also knows as a piezoelectricity and then the electricity will be connected to a voltage doubler circuit having a diode as a rectifier and convert an alternating voltage to a direct current voltage. When there is a direct current voltage, this voltage will be stored in the battery charger circuit which acts as a collector electric energy. Next, the recommendation area for this energy harvester circuit are at pedestrian, and this project had been connected with the traffic light.

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