High temperature performance of a piezoelectric micro cantilever for vibration energy harvesting

Abstract

Energy harvesters withstanding high temperatures could provide potentially unlimited energy to sensor nodes placed in harsh environments, where manual maintenance is difficult and costly. Experimental results on a classical microcantilever show a 67% drop of the maximum power when the temperature is increased up to 160 °C. This decrease is investigated using a lumped-parameters model which takes into account variations in material parameters with temperature, damping increase and thermal stresses induced by mismatched thermal coefficients in a composite cantilever. The model allows a description of the maximum power evolution as a function of temperature and input acceleration. Simulation results further show that an increase in damping and the apparition of thermal stresses are contributing to the power drop at 59% and 13% respectively.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/773/1/012001
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > School of Engineering and Technology > Mechanical, Biomedical & Design
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences
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Publication ISSN: 1742-6596
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Published Date: 2016-12-06
Accepted Date: 2016-01-01
Authors: Arroyo, Emmanuelle
Jia, Yu (ORCID Profile 0000-0001-9640-1666)
Du, Sijun
Chen, Shao-Tuan
Seshia, Ashwin A

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