2015 Volume 23 Issue 1 Pages 111-117
In recent years, interest in energy harvesting is increasing with the increase of demand of energy. Variety of technologies of electric power generation have being developed by many researchers. One of them is technology of electric power generation using the piezoelectric material. Authors have proposed the flexible piezoelectric device (FPED) which used the piezoelectric film (PVDF) and have been developing the power generation technology using the FPED, which utilized abundant ocean energy. Validation of the theoretical analysis method for FPEDs, via experimental means, is needed in order to achieve future cost effective design optimisations. As the method of installing the device, Authors are thinking how to set up horizontally the device in the sea. Therefore, author have developed a theoretical analysis method along its installation method. In this paper, the results that examined flexible piezoelectric device which installed in the sea floor and generate electricity from the sea wave is reported.
