| Title |
Design Of A Smart City Utilizing Photopiezoelectric Panels |
| ID_Doc |
18771 |
| Authors |
Davis M.S.; Madani M.R. |
| Year |
2019 |
| Published |
IEEE Green Technologies Conference, 2019-April |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/GreenTech.2019.8767156 |
| Abstract |
Towns and cities throughout the world have the single greatest operating cost in common, the price of electricity for powering streetlights and other similar infrastructure. These same towns and cities also all experience sunlight and accommodate their residents walking throughout along sidewalks and streets. The sunlight shining down onto the pavement and sidewalks of these cities are potential energy sources currently being wasted along with the vibrations created by people walking down the sidewalks. Devising a method to capture both the sunlight and vibrational energies and converting them into usable electrical energy would aid in easing the operating burdens experienced by towns and cities across the globe. The scope of this research is to design and integrate a conceptual photopiezoelectric device, or photokinetic panel, into a smart city to serve as the singular power source for street lights and other similar city infrastructure. This research is intended to (1) design a conceptual photopiezoelectric device, (2) theoretically integrate the conceptual photopiezoelectric device into a city, and (3) analyze the performance of said conceptual photopiezoelectric device to determine potential power output and development and deployment feasibilities. |
| Author Keywords |
electrical power; kinetic energy; photokinetic pad; photovoltaic cell; piezoelectric effect; renewable energy; smart city |
