Conceptual Design of Piezoelectric-Based Energy Harvesting Seats for Commercial Aircraft

This chapter presents the overview of the piezoelectric as a vibration energy harvester on airplane seats. It is a method of utilizing vibration on seats for generating electricity to support the need for electricity for simple electrical devices such as laptops, smartphones, tablets, etc. The mechanisms of harvesting energy covered are electromagnetic vibration, piezoelectric vibrations, and electrostatic vibration energy harvesters. The method is to focus on piezoelectricity for the design of airplane seats. The method for implementation of harvesting vibration energy is applied in which leads to the optimal placement of the harvesters. Several concepts are generated and tested by using Minitab 17 software.