Feasibility analysis of energy harvesting with piezoelectric devices in oceano graphic buoys

This document shows the study carried out to demonstrate the feasibility of using piezoelectric devices in oceanographic buoys, as generators of electric power for feeding the buoy system. One of the basic problems in an application of this type is to supply electrical power to the systems of the bu...

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Autores: Pozo Fernández, Begoña, Núñez Estévez, Carmen, Fernández Hermida, Xulio, Marcos Acevedo, Jorge
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/126267
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/126267
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Piezoelectric devices
Energy harvesting
Wave sensor
Piezoelectric
Oceanographic buoy
Piezoelectricitat
Gestió energètica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Energies::Energia elèctrica::Automatització i control de l'energia elèctrica
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Sumario:This document shows the study carried out to demonstrate the feasibility of using piezoelectric devices in oceanographic buoys, as generators of electric power for feeding the buoy system. One of the basic problems in an application of this type is to supply electrical power to the systems of the buoy. But the realisation of prototypes and especially their test in real conditions, for their validation, are extremely expensive. Therefore, a good solution is to demonstrate, previously, the viability of the system. This requires real data on movements, accelerations, etc., but in this particular case, these data are available for carrying out previous R & D projects that have given rise to developments that are currently located on operational oceanographic buoys. . With all this we have been able to carry out a study that demonstrates the interest of this technology.