Design and Modelling of Piezoelectric Road Energy Harvesting

Sherren, Andrew; Fink, Kyle; Eshelman, Joshua; Taha, Luay Yassin; Anwar, Sohail; Brennecke, Craig

doi:10.4236/ojee.2022.112003

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“…To conclude, this project was successful in developing and testing a prototype Road-Compatible Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting device, despite missteps. A research paper was written on the work conducted during the fall semester and recently published [1]. The prototype RPEH was presented and demonstrated at the Penn State Altoona Undergraduate Research Fair, placing 2nd in engineering, as well as 3rd for the sustainability award.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Figure 1 illustrates the proposed road piezoelectric energy harvester (RPEH) system presented in our previous work [1]. When the vehicle stresses the piezoelectric module, placed underneath the road asphalt, an electrical AC signal is generated at the top-bottom sides of the piezoelectric module.…”

Section: The Proposed Rpeh Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Purchasing 5 or more pre-constructed stacks proportional to a harvester diameter of 9 inches would have exceeded the available budget for this project. Thus, our research purpose is to develop our previous design in [1] so that to harvest the optimized energy.…”

Section: The Proposed Rpeh Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Recently, there is an increasing demand for designing and developing of smart highways and roads that harvest energy from piezoelectric harvester to control and minimize the energy consumption, save energy, and reduce cost, CO 2 emission, and risks [1].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This paper is an extension of our previous published work in the same journal [1], and aimed to develop a RPEH system, based on using five Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT)PZT 5H modules (stacks) that are embedded in the road to harvest energy from the vehicles stressing the modules. The design considered many factors to optimize the harvested energy.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Experimental and Simulation Validation of Piezoelectric Road Energy Harvesting

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Eshelman³

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This project strived to develop a prototype road piezoelectric energy harvester RPEH system using five Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) PZT 5H modules (stacks) that are embedded in the road by means of a housing unit to harvest energy from vehicles stressing the modules. The work is an extension of our previous published work in the same journal. The design considered many factors to optimize the harvested energy. The proposed system first captures mechanical energy using a designed module that transfers the energy to the piezoelectric stacks. Then the captured energy will be converted into electrical energy by the piezoelectric phenomenon. The harvested energy is stored in a storage device, then analyzed by an oscilloscope through the acquisition of the harvested voltage, current, power, and energy. When testing the RPEH with the wheel tracking machine, varying resistor loads where connected to the output of the RPEH to address the optimum power delivered to the load. The optimum load was found to be 950 kΩ, and the optimal harvested energy was recorded as 45 uJ.

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Section: The Proposed Rpeh Systemmentioning

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Section: The Proposed Rpeh Systemmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Experimental and Simulation Validation of Piezoelectric Road Energy Harvesting

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Essential Assessment of Last‐Decade Progress in Road Energy Harvesting Systems

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2023

Energy Tech

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An important contemporary challenge regarding sustainable development is the analysis of the possibilities of obtaining and recovering energy, also from unconventional areas. One such issue harvests energy from roads. This idea seems to be so attractive that numerous scientific teams around the world conduct research in this area. The author's systematic analysis of review articles from the last decade raises the question, whether harvesting energy from roads is really as attractive and promising as many researchers predict in their publications. The author hypothesizes that in last decade basically no significant progress has been made in the development and improvement of energy harvesting from roads methods and systems. In many cases, the solutions presented are more technical than scientific novelties. Known solutions are modeled and tested again and again, the systems are complex and expensive, and the energy and economic efficiency is relatively low. In this article, the author focuses on critically revealing the flaws, shortcomings, weaknesses, and erroneous assumptions of large part studies conducted in this field. Based on the criticism, it is aimed to indicate prospective directions of development and encourage researchers to look for innovative, effective solutions in the field of energy harvesting from roads.

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