Open AccessTransient Thermal Analysis of a Hybrid Energy Harvester
Author(s) -
Varun Gopalakrishnan,
Swetha S Manian,
A Karen.,
H. Niranjan,
T. Venugopal,
M Feroskhan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/850/1/012015
Subject(s) - energy harvesting , renewable energy , triboelectric effect , environmental science , transient (computer programming) , solar energy , electricity generation , thermal energy , wind power , automotive engineering , thermal , electric potential energy , generator (circuit theory) , energy (signal processing) , meteorology , power (physics) , computer science , engineering , electrical engineering , materials science , physics , composite material , operating system , quantum mechanics
The seasonal nature of solar panels and windmills has been a major challenge towards realizing sustainable energy. Over the years, several attempts have been made to perfect a device capable of harnessing the energy of wind and rain, titled as triboelectric and piezoelectric nano generators. Although such technologies yield promising results, a superior energy device can be achieved by addition of solar cells to wind and rain energy harvesting devices. Hybrid Nano generators are expected to be the future of commercially sustainable energy generation which are used to simultaneously harvest wind, rain, and solar energy. Though a substantial amount of work has been done with regard to such energy harvesting modules, studies that test their environmental capabilities are limited. In this study, a hybridized power panel comprising of dual-mode triboelectric nano generator and a solar cell have been tested under majorly solar, majorly windy, majorly rainy, and normal tropical conditions. Average temperature attained by the panel in such conditions have been studied through a transient thermal analysis done using Ansys Fluent. The results obtained are used to calculate thermal strain in the panel for different cases. The proposed model is an innovative way to make use of energy.