Novel piezoelectric energy harvesting structure

Abstract

Energy harvesting has become an important subject as in recent years, structures all around the world are reinforced with elements that consume energy. Sensors, actuators, such structural health monitoring devices are implemented vastly. In order to keep these devices running, electrical energy has been transferred through enormous endeavors. Especially in the remote areas this power distribution has been an important issue. In this research, the problem of providing energy to the small device has been addressed by introducing a novel piezoelectric energy harvester.