Wave Energy Converter through Piezoelectric Polymers
A.
S.
Zurkinden1*
, F.
Campanile1
, L.
Martinelli2
1
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich, Switzerland, 2
Università di Bologna, Italy
*Corresponding author: azurkinden@gmail.
com
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Wave Energy Converter through Piezoelectric Polymers
A.
S.
Zurkinden1*
, F.
Campanile1
, L.
Martinelli2
1
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich, Switzerland, 2
Università di Bologna, Italy
*Corresponding author: azurkinden@gmail.
com
Abstract: This note addresses the concept of
wave energy conversion by means of
piezoelectric material.
The ocean surface waves
represent an important source of energy power.
A multiphysics simulation is used to focus on
different aspects, namely the free surface wave,
the fluid-structure-interactio, the mechanical
energy input to the piezoelectric material and
finally the electric power output using an
equivalent open circuit model.
The authors
designed several feasible devices which are all
similar, as long as they are forced by the wave
action at a characteristic wave frequency.
For the
sake of simplicity, a basic system is analyzed
here.
The generic tool which is setup is useful for
the design of piezoelectric polymer wave energy
con
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