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Piezoelectric material can be used to transform ambient vibration energy into small amounts of electrical power. As piezoelectric materials have been developing, such as lead-zirconate-titanate (PZT), Quick Pack (QP), macro fiber composite (MFC) and polyvinylidineflouride (PVDF), many researchers have been investigating their applications. This research investigates the possibility of electrical energy being generated by a macro fiber composite (MFC) patch mounted onto the surface of a pipe structure. In addition to the application of MFC, this research investigates the effect of varying load impedance to; the resonance frequency, voltage and electrical power generated by the structure. The results presented are for a large structure where most previous research on power harvesting has been undertaken on much smaller structures.
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Eziwarman, Forbes, G.L., Howard, I.M. (2012). Experimental Power Harvesting from a Pipe Using a Macro Fiber Composite (MFC). In: Gaol, F., Nguyen, Q. (eds) Proceedings of the 2011 2nd International Congress on Computer Applications and Computational Science. Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, vol 144. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28314-7_59
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