21-01-2012, 12:24 PM
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
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ENERGY HARVESTING THROUGH MECHANICAL STRAIN(PEIZOELECRICITY
Can you produce electricity while car driving/ walking ?
Can you imagine that you can produce electricity by your waste mechanical energy?
Your wasted mechanical work can be used to generate the electric power?
Is that possible???????????...........
Answer is yes . How that we are to see. So wait & watch it.
ENERGY HARVESTING THROUGH MECHANICAL STRAIN(PEIZOELECRICITY)
Piezoelectricity is the charge which accumulates in certain solid materials in response to applied mechanical strain.
The word piezoelectricity means electricity resulting from pressure. It is derived from the Greek peizo or peizen, which means to squeeze or press, and electric or electron , which stands for amber – an ancient source of electric charge.
VARIOUS MATERIALS OF THIS KIND
Natural materials
Berlinite(AlPO4), a rare phosphate mineral that is structurally identical to quartz.
Canesugar
Quartz
Rochelle salt
Topaz
Man-made materials
Barium titanate (BaTiO3)—Barium titanate
Lead Titanate(PbTiO3)
Lead Zirconate Titanate(PZT)
Potassium niobate
Lithium niobate