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LAPSE:2023.31846
Impact of Series and Parallel Connection of Macro Fiber Composite Patches in Piezoelectric Harvester on Energy Storage
Dariusz Grzybek, Piotr Micek
April 19, 2023
A beam containing a piezoelectric layer or layers is used for piezoelectric harvesting from various processes. The structure of the beam is made by gluing the piezoelectric material on one side (unimorph) or both sides (bimorph) of a carrying substrate. Two piezoelectric layers, glued on both sides of the substrate, may be electrically parallel or series connected. This paper presents an experimental analysis of the impact of parallel and series connections of two Macro Fiber Composite (MFC) MFC patches in a bimorph on the charging of a capacitor. In experiments, the effective charging process of the capacitor was obtained both for parallel and series connection of two MFC patches. The bimorph with a parallel connection generated a larger capacitor charging power than the bimorph with a series connection in the range of voltage across the capacitor from 1 to 18 V. However, the bimorph with a series connection was more effective than a parallel connection for voltage across the charged capacitor from 18 to 20 V. The maximum capacitor charging power generated by the bimorph, in which two MFC patches were parallel connected, was 1.8 times larger than that generated by the bimorph with a series connection and was 3.3 times larger than that generated by a unimorph with one MFC patch. The impact of level of voltage across the capacitor on its discharging process has a significant meaning for the ratio of maximum power between bimorphs and between the bimorph and unimorph.
Keywords
bimorph, Energy Storage, Macro Fiber Composite, parallel connection, piezoelectric energy harvesting, series connection, unimorph
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Grzybek D, Micek P. Impact of Series and Parallel Connection of Macro Fiber Composite Patches in Piezoelectric Harvester on Energy Storage. (2023). LAPSE:2023.31846
Author Affiliations
Grzybek D: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland [ORCID]
Micek P: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, AGH University of Science and Technology, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
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Energies
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14
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9
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2379
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2021
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2021-04-22
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1996-1073
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