Design and Analysis of Piezoaeroelastic Energy Harvester for Mid-Range Wind Velocity Applications

In this paper, the research efforts are focused on energy generation from the midrange wind speed, that is 4–7 m/s. A new geometry has been designed to harvest the energy available in this range. The proposed geometry caters the advantages of both low and high wind velocity energy harvesters and tries to eradicate the disadvantage offered by these two harvesters in capturing the energy from mid- range wind speeds. Further, a mathematical model is prepared to show the potential of the new geometry for energy generation. It is found that the proposed design is suitable to generate significant amount of power from mid-range wind velocity.