Energy Harvesting from Raindrops using
Piezoelectric Material
Team Members: Ethan Compton, Daniel Diggs, Suphassorn Eaksen,
Padraic Flynn, Christian Irvin, James Richardson
Advisor: Dr. Sunghwan Jung
The Goal: Our goal is to test electrical output from two piezoelectric
materials due to a raindrop impact, to design a lab-scale prototype to
measure the amount of energy obtained from a raindrop, and to
eventually construct an outdoor pilot system to harvest energy from Key Features:
rainfall.
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Rain energy harvester acts as a supplement to other energy
harvesters (Solar, Wind)
Deliverables:
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A cost effective piezo-material with optimized geometry for
energy harvesting.
A rain simulator with adjustable parameters to be used for
current and future research.
A testing assembly and an optimized experiment design.
A working energy harvester prototype to be tested for
commercial use.
A foundation for future research and product optimization in
this field of renewable energy harvesting.