Author(s)

Hongbing Wang^1,2, Chunhua Sun^1,2

¹Department of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Suzhou Vocational University, Suzhou, China.
²3C-Product Intelligent Manufacturing Engineering Technology Research and Development Center of Jiangsu Province, Suzhou, China.

In recent years, with the rapid development of large-scale distributed wireless sensor systems and micro-power devices, the disadvantages of traditional chemical battery power supply mode are becoming more and more obvious. Piezoelectric energy collector has attracted wide attention because of its simple structure, no heating, no electromagnetic interference, environmental protection and easy miniaturization. Wind energy is a reproducible resource. Wind energy harvester based on piezoelectric intelligent material can be named piezoelectric wind energy harvesting which converts wind energy into electric power and will have great application prospect. To promote the development of piezoelectric wind energy harvesting technology, research statuses on piezoelectric wind energy harvesting technology are reviewed. The existing problem and development direction about piezoelectric wind energy harvester in the future are discussed. The study will be helpful for researchers engaged in piezoelectric wind energy harvesting.

Wind Energy, Piezoelectric Material, Energy Harvester, Reproducible Resource

Wang, H.B. and Sun, C.H. (2019) Research Status and Development Direction of Piezoelectric Wind Energy Harvesting Technology. Journal of Power and Energy Engineering, 7, 1-10. doi: 10.4236/jpee.2019.73001.