Piezoelectricity: Future of Clean and Sustainable Energy
Requirement of Alternate Energy Sources in Today’s World
We are living in 21st century and look forward for new ways to generate power and which can fulfill the growing needs for portable electricity. As we peer into the future, we can see the demand for electricity increase. Likewise, the price of electricity is increasing and Energy, in this day and age has become a necessity. And since the demand for electricity is inelastic, the price can continue to rise and the quantity demanded will gradually increase.
Future will be much easier if we look for cleaner and reusable sources of energy and piezoelectricity is an example for that. It converts mechanical energy into electrical energy, and in a way we will be able to use a human body’s mechanical movement to power the devices we need. This concept creates an opportunity to manufacture piezoelectric tiles.
Re-nergy Tiles: Future of Clean & Sustainable Energy
Piezoelectricity is produced by certain ceramics like quartz, Rochelle salt etc that generate an electric current when their material structure is misshaped. Re-nergy tiles, a concept brought forward by Alternative Power Devices (APD), basically convert the wasted energy from human foot traffic into electricity. Every time someone steps on the tile, they trigger a small vibration that can be stored as energy. So scientifically when pressure is applied to an object, a negative charge is produced on the expanded side and a positive charge on the compressed side and once the pressure is relieved, the electric current flows across the material. And this current produced can be stored in batteries and circuit capacitors for late use.
Breakthrough in Renewable Sources Industry
Piezoelectric tiles surely lead to a brighter future. The installation of these tiles would contribute to promoting sustainability and green energy generation. In fact, the amount of electricity harvested over the 5 years life span would recover the cost of initial purchase,
We are living in 21st century and look forward for new ways to generate power and which can fulfill the growing needs for portable electricity. As we peer into the future, we can see the demand for electricity increase. Likewise, the price of electricity is increasing and Energy, in this day and age has become a necessity. And since the demand for electricity is inelastic, the price can continue to rise and the quantity demanded will gradually increase.
Future will be much easier if we look for cleaner and reusable sources of energy and piezoelectricity is an example for that. It converts mechanical energy into electrical energy, and in a way we will be able to use a human body’s mechanical movement to power the devices we need. This concept creates an opportunity to manufacture piezoelectric tiles.
Re-nergy Tiles: Future of Clean & Sustainable Energy
Piezoelectricity is produced by certain ceramics like quartz, Rochelle salt etc that generate an electric current when their material structure is misshaped. Re-nergy tiles, a concept brought forward by Alternative Power Devices (APD), basically convert the wasted energy from human foot traffic into electricity. Every time someone steps on the tile, they trigger a small vibration that can be stored as energy. So scientifically when pressure is applied to an object, a negative charge is produced on the expanded side and a positive charge on the compressed side and once the pressure is relieved, the electric current flows across the material. And this current produced can be stored in batteries and circuit capacitors for late use.
Breakthrough in Renewable Sources Industry
Piezoelectric tiles surely lead to a brighter future. The installation of these tiles would contribute to promoting sustainability and green energy generation. In fact, the amount of electricity harvested over the 5 years life span would recover the cost of initial purchase,
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