Efficient study of a coarse structure number on the bluff body during the harvesting of wind energy |
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| Authors: | Junlei Wang Guifeng Zhao |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Chemical Engineering and Energy, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China;2. School of Civil Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China |
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| Abstract: | In the present study, an energy harvester with coarse passive turbulence control (PTC) structure is represented to harvest piezoelectric wind energy. Wind tunnel experiments are conducted to investigate the influence of the PTC on the vibrational amplitude of the vortex-induced vibration and piezoelectric power output. Parametric studies of the PTC numbers and sizes are presented to determine the optimized PTC structure to enhance the efficiency of piezoelectric energy harvesting. The experimental results show that the specific parameters of θ= 60° and W = 8 mm are the most efficient PTC group for designing a vortex-induced vibration-based energy harvester with the coarse surface device. |
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| Keywords: | Bluff body energy harvesting piezoelectric vortex-induced vibration wind energy |
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