Abstract
Glass fibre composite, as a high strength and lightweight structural material, is widely applied to the wind turbine blades. Without affecting its mechanical properties, the vibration energy harvesting capability to power attached wireless sensor networks (WSNs) technology can be realized by integrating PZT macro- fibre composite onto the structure. Based on the multifunction composite concept, a PZT macro-fibre composite co-cured within the surface of glass/epoxy pre-preg is manufactured. The resultant mechanical plate combined with actual vibration data from wind field can implement power generation. The experiment average output voltage of 4.10 V, which relates to power of 0.84 mW, was estimated. The FEA simulation average output voltage is about 4.46 V, which the error is less than 10% compared with experiment.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | ICCM22 Proceedings of the 2019 International Conference on Composite Materials |
| Editors | Adrian Mouritz, Chun Wang, Bronwyn Fox |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 2019 |
| Event | 22nd International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM 2019 - Melbourne, Australia Duration: 11 Aug 2019 → 16 Aug 2019 |
Conference
| Conference | 22nd International Conference on Composite Materials, ICCM 2019 |
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| Country/Territory | Australia |
| City | Melbourne |
| Period | 11/08/19 → 16/08/19 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was supported by Innovate UK (Project Reference104030). Original vibration data collection and measurement was undertaken here.
Keywords
- Composite cantilever
- Macro-fibre composite
- Vibration energy harvesting