NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTING CHARACTERISTICS BASED ON VORTEX-INDUCED VIBRATION IN OCEAN CURRENT

Zhou Yang; Zhu Lingqian; Chen Nuoyan; Zhou Bingqian; Zhong Shengjie

doi:10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2024-2270

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Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica ›› 2026, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (5) : 410-420. DOI: 10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2024-2270

NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTING CHARACTERISTICS BASED ON VORTEX-INDUCED VIBRATION IN OCEAN CURRENT

Zhou Yang¹, Zhu Lingqian², Chen Nuoyan¹, Zhou Bingqian¹, Zhong Shengjie¹

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To convert the kinetic energy from ocean currents into electrical energy, a piezoelectric energy harvesting system based on vortex-induced vibration （VIV） was designed. The structures of the bluff body and piezoelectric cantilever beam were optimized to increase the input fluid kinetic energy and output electrical energy. The vortex streets induced by six different bluff bodies were simulated and compared by using COMSOL software. Finally, the optimal bluff body was used to carry out fluid-solid-electric full coupling simulation. The influence of different Reynolds numbers on the lift and drag coefficients of the bluff body and the piezoelectric cantilever beam were analyzed and compared, as well as the open-circuit voltage （OCV） of the piezoelectric cantilever beam. The simulation results showed that the optimized piezoelectric energy harvesting structure can improve the output electrical energy of the energy harvesting system, and the OCV of the piezoelectric cantilever beam is 0.8 V under the condition of current velocity of 0.5 m/s and bluff body size of 0.02 m.

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ocean current energy / vortex-induced vibration / energy harvesting / piezoelectric cantilever beam / multi-physics coupling / bluff body

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Zhou Yang, Zhu Lingqian, Chen Nuoyan, Zhou Bingqian, Zhong Shengjie. NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTING CHARACTERISTICS BASED ON VORTEX-INDUCED VIBRATION IN OCEAN CURRENT[J]. Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica. 2026, 47(5): 410-420 https://doi.org/10.19912/j.0254-0096.tynxb.2024-2270

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