Simulation of Wave Energy Harvesting by Piezoelectric Seaweed

3rd Annual International Workshop on Materials Science and Engineering

Cui, Yiliang^1 ; Wang, Haifeng^1 ; Li, Meng^1 ; Sun, Kaili^1

School of Electromechanic Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao

266071, China^1

关键词: Ansys workbenches;    Electricity generation;    Energy from ocean waves;    Energy Harvester;    Piezoelectric energy harvesters;    Piezoelectric polymers;    Power generating capacity;    Wave energy harvesting;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/250/1/012022/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/250/1/012022

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

In the last decade, the research about energy harvesting for low-power electricity generation has received growing interest all around the world. In this study, a piezoelectric seaweed made by piezoelectric polymer (PVDF) has been used as the energy harvester. ANSYS Workbench is utilized to construct the flow domain and piezoelectric energy harvester, set up working conditions for the simulation, and calculate the power generating capacity of the piezoelectric seaweed actuated by the vibration. The results show that the maximal and minimal output voltages are 117.65V and -112.53V respectively, and it is possible to harvest energy from ocean wave using piezoelectric seaweed.