Browsing Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering by Subject "Piezoelectric"
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Design, Modelling and Fabrication of a Hybrid Energy Harvester
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-23)As sources of energy are becoming more scarce and expensive, energy harvesting is receiving more global interest and is currently a growing field. Energy harvesting is the process of converting ambient energy, such as ... -
Design, Modelling, and Fabrication of a Low Frequency Piezoelectromagnetic Energy Harvester
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-31)The growing demand for electricity has put enormous pressure on the current power grid infrastructure and has caused several major blackouts over the past few decades. As a result, there has been a shift towards a modernized ... -
Design, Modelling, Fabrication & Testing of a Miniature Piezoelectric-based EMF Energy Harvester
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-21)Wireless sensing applications have extended into power transmission line monitoring applications. Minimal power consumption of sensor electronics have enabled kinetic energy harvesting systems to provides a means of self ... -
Low-Frequency Piezoelectric Energy Harvester with Novel 3D Folded Zigzag Design and High Power Density
(University of Waterloo, 2018-07-09)Cantilevers have been widely used for vibration energy harvesting applications using piezoelectric materials due to their simple geometries, frequency tune-ability, and closed form analytical solution. Recent studies have ... -
Optimal Material Selection for Transducers
(University of Waterloo, 2018-02-15)When selecting an active material for an application, it is tempting to rely upon prior knowledge or commercial products that fit the design criteria. While this method is time effective, it does not provide an optimal ...