• Sharath S
• Tejas R
• Vinod Khobare
• Vishal R Bharati
• Shamanth V

The objective of this research is to design a piezoelectric tile for harvesting energy from footsteps and to optimize the system for harvesting maximum energy. The piezoelectric materials easily break when they are directly subjected to energy generated by human movement, we have developed a prototype model as the basic research in this investigation where we have chosen a plywood sheet instead of ceramic tile or concrete tile inorder study preliminary design criteria. Here we have designed a plywood sheet that employs indirect energy transmission through springs and a tip mass. We aimed at making the mechanical resonance frequency of the tile with that of the piezoelectric module. The power output of piezoelectric module is 3V and power output delivered from our piezoelectric tile was 10V. we have harvested volts power by connecting 8 piezoelectric modules in series and parallel. From the developed prototype tile, we got satisfying results and hence we will be developing a commercialised piezo tile in our future work.

Pizoelectric effect, Piezo-Tiles, Energy.

"Design and Development of Piezoelectric Tile Prototype for Energy Harvesting from Footsteps", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.458-461, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBZ06071.pdf

"Design and Development of Piezoelectric Tile Prototype for Energy Harvesting from Footsteps", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp458-461, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBZ06071.pdf