Cymbal Structural Optimization for Improving Piezoelectric Harvesting Efficiency with Taguchi’s Orthogonal Experiment

Guangqing Shang¹, Wei Ning², Chunhua Sun^1*

¹Department of Mechanic and Electronic Engineering, Suzhou Vocational University, Suzhou, China.
²College of Mechanical Engineering, Shanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, China.

DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2015.310002                

Abstract

To improve piezoelectric harvesting efficiency of Cymbal, optimization design of Cymbal parameters was studied with the method of Taguchi’s orthogonal experiment. The effective factors of piezoelectric harvesting property were firstly analyzed. The orthogonal experiment schedule was then designed. The finite element model of Cymbal was built via ASPL tool in ANSYS software and static analysis was done. The experimental results were gotten with developed program. The optimization level of each factor was gained. Under the synthetical optimization level of each design factor, the piezoelectric analysis was tested and the open voltage of 236.476 V was revealed with improving 35.73% than the maximum voltage of 174.228 V in the orthogonal experiment. The average voltage of 229.98 V was measured with the manufactured optimized Cymbal structure design. The relative error was 2.54% between simulation and measured data. It indicated that the optimization design schedule was reasonable. Cymbal harvester with the optimized parameters could scavenge larger voltage.

Keywords

Energy Harvest, Piezoelectric Effects, Cymbal Harvester, Taguchi’s Orthogonal Experiment

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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