A review of design principles for improved mechanical reliability of cantilever piezoelectric vibration energy harvesters

J.A. Brans; T. W.A. Blad; N. Tolou

doi:10.1109/ICCMA46720.2019.8988762

A review of design principles for improved mechanical reliability of cantilever piezoelectric vibration energy harvesters

J.A. Brans, T. W.A. Blad, N. Tolou

Mechatronic Systems Design

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Abstract

Vibration energy harvesters based on piezoceramics can provide a sustainable source of energy for low-power electronics. The greatest issue preventing these systems from being widely used is their poor reliability. With the aim to maximise their power output, the devices are often operated close the point of yielding, which results in microcracks and fatigue in the piezoceramic layer. This paper offers a comparative review of design principles that aim to improve the reliability of piezoelectric vibration energy harvesters. Three different design principles are investigated with the focus on strain limitation. The results show that strain homogenisation, strain limitation and compressive strains can be effective design principles to increase reliability without sacrificing efficiency.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the IEEE 7th International Conference on Control, Mechatronics and Automation, ICCMA 2019
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ, USA
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	408-415
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-7281-3787-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCMA46720.2019.8988762
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	7th IEEE International Conference on Control, Mechatronics and Automation, ICCMA 2019 - Delft, Netherlands Duration: 6 Nov 2019 → 8 Nov 2019

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Conference	7th IEEE International Conference on Control, Mechatronics and Automation, ICCMA 2019
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Delft
Period	6/11/19 → 8/11/19

Keywords

mechanical reliability
MEMS
piezoelectric
vibration energy harvester

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Brans, JA, Blad, TWA & Tolou, N 2019, A review of design principles for improved mechanical reliability of cantilever piezoelectric vibration energy harvesters. in Proceedings of the IEEE 7th International Conference on Control, Mechatronics and Automation, ICCMA 2019. IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, USA, pp. 408-415, 7th IEEE International Conference on Control, Mechatronics and Automation, ICCMA 2019, Delft, Netherlands, 6/11/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCMA46720.2019.8988762

A review of design principles for improved mechanical reliability of cantilever piezoelectric vibration energy harvesters. / Brans, J.A.; Blad, T. W.A.; Tolou, N.
Proceedings of the IEEE 7th International Conference on Control, Mechatronics and Automation, ICCMA 2019. Piscataway, NJ, USA: IEEE, 2019. p. 408-415.

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