Harnessing Energy from Piezo Sensors Through Footsteps

Abstract

Energy consumption represents the development of the universe. Non conventional energy system is very essential at this time to our nation. Modern world requires a large amount of electrical energy to meet the current demand. But the conventional energy resources are diminishing steadily as a result of vast consumption of energy. So, alternate energy sources are required not to fill up the gap between demand and supply of electricity but also they should be clean, Eco-friendly and sustainable. The main aim of this proposed system is to meet the Energy crisis. This paper is about the generation of electricity through foot steps. The idea is to utilize the force (ie weight energy) exerted on the floor when a person walks. The power generating floor intends to translate the mechanical stress applied on the floor to electrical power using piezo sensors. This technique utilizes piezoelectric components where deformations produced by different means are directly converted into electrical energy via piezoelectric effect. In this paper we are generating electrical power as a non conventional method by simply walking or running on the piezo plates.