Energy Sources Part A-recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects, Vol.40, No.15, 1788-1797, 2018
Efficient study of a coarse structure number on the bluff body during the harvesting of wind energy
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 = 60(degrees) and W = 8 mm are the most efficient PTC group for designing a vortex-induced vibration-based energy harvester with the coarse surface device.