BHILAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, RAIPUR

Department of Mechanical Engineering MINOR PROJECT PRESENTATION

A minor project on piezoelectricity by using foot steps

Guided by Mrs.Komal sharma

Presented by Sumeet pandey (3933709054) Kishor sahu (3933709020) Shubhang diwan (3933709061)

Contents
Introduction to piezoelectricity Working principle About projectApplications -

Introduction to piezoelectricity
The word piezoelectricity means electricity resulting from pressure. It is derived from the Greek piezo or piezein , which means to squeeze or press, and electric or electron which stands for amber, an ancient source of electric charge Piezoelectricity is the charge that accumulates in certain solid materials (notably crystals, certain ceramics, and biological matter such as bone, DNA and various proteins) in response to applied mechanical stress

Piezoelectricity was discovered in 1880 by French physicists Jacques and Pierre Curie. The piezoelectric effect is understood as the linear electromechanical piezoelectric effect (the internal generation of electrical charge resulting from an applied mechanical force) also exhibit the reverse piezoelectric effect (the internal generation of a mechanical strain resulting from an applied electrical field).

Piezo electric effect

A piezoelectric substance is one that produces electricity when a mechanical stress is applied. This effect is formed in crystals that have no center of symmetry.

Piezoelectric materials
Quartz (utilized in our minor project) Zirconate titanate crystal Gallium orthophosphate (GaPO4) Langasite (La3Ga5SiO14)

Peizo electric material

Types of piezoelectric crystals

Each molecule has a polarization that is negatively charged and other is positively charged.it is called a dipole. In monocrystals polar axes of all the crystals lie in one direction. In polycrystals there are different regions within the crystal that have a different polar axis.

Types of piezoelectric crystals

Polarization of polycrystals
In the polycrystal when the material is compressed a voltage of the same polarity as the poling voltage is produced will appear between the electrodes. If the piezoelectric material is stretched then a voltage of opposite polarity is produced between the electrodes.

Power Generation using Foot Steps

Using Piezoelectric Materials : The word piezoelectricity means electricity resulting from pressure.A property certain materials have to generate an electric current when they are squeezed or pressed. For example, lead zirconate titanate crystals will generate measurable piezoelectricity when their static structure is deformed by about 0.1% of the original dimension. Conversely, those same crystals will change about 0.1% of their static dimension when an external electric field is applied to the material

Basic principle
The intensity of voltage depends upon the applied force and area.

P =F/A

Feasibility analysis
The purpose of this project is to provide the details of a feasibility study regarding the piezo electric foot steps. In general terms, piezoelectric devices generate a voltage when a force is applied, which can be harnessed to generate electricity. This force came from a human foot.

 When a force is exerted on a piezoelectric material, it undergoes a mechanical strain, which creates equal and opposite charges on each face of the material. These charges can drive a current to generate and store power. The voltage generated by a piezoelectric material is calculated as v=dL/D where dL is the change in thickness of the material due to an external force, V is the voltage generated and D is a property of the piezoelectric material.

 The amount of charge calculated is equal to Q=DxF where Q is the charge, D is the same material property mentioned above and F is the force exerted on the material. Again, D is on the order of which results in a very small amount of charge being generated. To solve this problem, piezoelectric materials are often arranged in stacks such that they generate a more useful amount of charge.

Applications of piezoelectricity
Electricity generation on road-

Pressure applied on the road due to the weight of the vehicles is used to generate electricity

 In security alarmWhen the foot pressure is applied on floor the piezo electric sensors embedded on the floor detect the pressure and generates electricity.
The electricity generated flows through the circuit of the alarm system and actuates the alarm.

Thanking you