2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Energy Harvesting Technology from Ocean Power Using Flexible Piezoelectric Material
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23360213
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Hydraulic engineering
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima University |
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Principal Investigator |
MUTSUDA HIDEMI 広島大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (80273126)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TANAKA Yoshikazu 広島大学, 工学研究院, 助教 (00335704)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 海洋エネルギー / 圧電素子 / 波浪発電 / 潮流発電 |
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| Research Abstract |
We have developed a way of harvesting electrical energy from ocean power using a Flexible Piezoelectric Device (FPED) consisting of PVDF and elastic material such as rubber, silicon and resin. The proposed FPED has a multi-layered structure with a distance between PVDFs. The electric power can be generated when the electric polarization occurs in the PVDF.
Using the developed FPED, we have proposed and developed a new type of ocean power generator, Elastic Floating unit with Hanging Structures, EFHAS consisting of floating unit and hanging unit as shown in Fig.2 and Fig.3. The EFHAS has two main parts, that is, floating unit and hanging unit. The floating unit can generate electric power from wave power and breaking. The hanging unit can generate electric power from not only wave but also current and vortex. We have investigated a structure of the EFHAS and also examined characteristics of motion and electric performance of the EFHAS in the experiment and ocean field.
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[Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] 振動発電デバイス2011
Inventor(s)
田中義和, 陸田秀実, 道中良和, 品川和毅, 川原勇, 三浦孝師, 本條智弘, 加藤隆一
Industrial Property Rights Holder
倉敷化工, 広島大学
Industrial Property Rights Type
特許
Industrial Property Number
特願2011-240206
Filing Date
2011-11-01
