Energy Harvesting through Piezoelectric Tile

Abstract

With the growing population, there has been a continuous increase in the demand of energy resources. This demand is met mainly by fossil fuels and its derivative but due to their scarcity they are unsustainable. There is a need for an alternative energy resources like Solar, Hydro, Wind, Tidal and Piezoelectricity etc. The goal of this paper is to develop a working model of a piezoelectric tile that stores energy when pressure is applied on it. The tile generates voltage and this voltage is further stored in a capacitor. As long as the capacitor is charged to rated voltage, which is maintained higher than the battery specification, the battery keeps on charging. This is finally used to meet different load requirements. Through our paper, we have tried to bring the solutions to the two major problems that are commercial viability and its easy storage. The tile construction makes the usage of piezoelectricity in our daily lives easy and viable.