Case study on piezoelectric harvesting mat

Hello sir, This is rahul. I am doing a project titled "piezoelectric harvesting mat". The concept of this is whenever you step on that mat, it generates certain milli volts and that energy is getting stored in a rechargeable battery. So what we are doing is.. We are preparing a mat of 216 by 55cms(7 by 2 feet) mat... Filled with 480 piezoelectric disc's.. And the problem we are facing is.. Our staff is considering this as a minor project.. N they want us to do case studies... But I want prove them that this can be a startup.. A new alternative source of energy... I hope you people can helpe out... In case studies or in any other issues 

Case studies like.. How many foot steps are required to charge a battery.. 

What is the maximum weight that it can bare.. 

What is the maximum voltage.. 

Like these questions.. 

And if there is any extension I could add further 

Hoping out for a good response 

Thank you all..! 

Replies

  • Kaustubh Katdare
    Kaustubh Katdare

    #-Link-Snipped-# is the best guy on CrazyEngineers to help you with it. Mandar, if you are around, could you offer some help here?

  • Shivam Sharma
    Shivam Sharma

    #-Link-Snipped-# Great idea, man. I read in an article that 3 hours of smartphone battery power is the equivalent to walking 10,000 steps or cycling for an hour, or going for a 30-minute run. Not sure if it's true though. What are your readings so far?

  • rahul thandu
    rahul thandu

    Not done with the hardware yet... Once done.. Will start case studies. 

    Doing research.. Collecting data from various available sources... 

    Read a paper about piezoelectric tiles in kuala Lumpur... Seems beneficial to our project. 


  • Ramani Aswath
    Ramani Aswath

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  • Najlae El Abdellaoui
    Najlae El Abdellaoui

    I had the same idea for my school project, the problem was they DON'T SELL piezoelectric generators in my country so i had to change it, i wish you told us how the project is going and gives us more information 

    Thank you 

  • rahul thandu
    rahul thandu

    #-Link-Snipped-# sir can I get any information about the people who performed this project(in the 2nd link) 

  • Ramani Aswath
    Ramani Aswath

    You have to contact them through instructables only.

    Rjc287's Activity - Instructables

    Send a message through the message button.

  • rahul thandu
    rahul thandu

    Thank you sir. 

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