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Synopsis Basic Principles Block Diagram With Explanation Applications Advantages Special Features Expected Outcome

This document discusses using piezoelectric polymers in shoes to harvest energy from walking. It includes a block diagram showing how piezoelectric sensors in the sole can charge a battery and power devices like LEDs through an interface circuit. Applications mentioned include agriculture and home use. The expected outcome is that further improvements to materials and electronics could optimize energy harvesting and transfer to power portable electronic devices.

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Synopsis Basic Principles Block Diagram With Explanation Applications Advantages Special Features Expected Outcome

This document discusses using piezoelectric polymers in shoes to harvest energy from walking. It includes a block diagram showing how piezoelectric sensors in the sole can charge a battery and power devices like LEDs through an interface circuit. Applications mentioned include agriculture and home use. The expected outcome is that further improvements to materials and electronics could optimize energy harvesting and transfer to power portable electronic devices.

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Synopsis

Basic Principles
Block diagram with explanation
Applications
Advantages
Special features
Expected outcome

Synopsis:

In the last few years, there has been an increasing demand for low-power and
portable-energy sources due to the development and mass consumption of portable
electronic devices Furthermore, the portable-energy sources must be associated with
environmental issues and imposed regulations. These demands support research in the
areas of portable-energy generation methods. In this scope, piezoelectric materials become
a strong candidate for energy generation and storage in future applications .This paper
describes the use of piezoelectric polymers in order to harvest energy from people walking
and the fabrication of a shoe capable of generating and accumulating the energy. In this
scope, electroactive -polyvinylidene uoride used as energy harvesting element was
introduced into a bicolor sole prepared by injection, together with the electronics needed
to increase energy transfer and storage efficiency. An electrostatic generator was also
included in order to increase energy harvesting.

Introduction:

As low-power and wearable electronic devices are more and more present in our
everyday life, there is a growing need for the delivery of power to different points of the
human body. Another interesting application is a posture monitoring system. The posture
monitoring system is composed of five sensing modules, i.e., two located on upper
members, two on lower members, and one on the spine. The detection algorithm uses the
gravitational force to detect inclination and the earth magnetic field to measure the
rotation of the body about the axis perpendicular to the gravity field. The total energy
consumption of the suit is near 20 J per operating hour.
Block diagram with explanation

Footwear Piezoelectric Battery Interface Circuit


sensor

LED

Applications

• Agriculture
• Home

Expected Output;

From the several methods available to integrate energy generating elements


harvesting human energy, piezoelectric materials associated with electrostatic generators
seem to be one of the most promising elements. In particular, electroactive polymers are
particularly interesting due to their low cost, exibility, and easy integration into elements
such as clothes and shoes. In this paper, electroactive polymers based on have been used
in order to fabricate an energy-harvesting system fully integrated into the sole of a shoe.
Conventional methods were used in order to fabricate the sole, with no modification of the
industrial production process. Through the simple configuration and electronics, energy
harvesting is possible. In order to get energy values suitable for the func tioning of
electronic appliances, improvements in the material in order to improve electromechanical
conversion, and in the readout electronics, in order to optimize the energy transfer and the
precise determination of the geometry and number of the piezoelectric generators should
be performed

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