Experimental investigation on L-beam vortex-induced vibration piezoelectric energy harvester with interference step.

In this study, an L-beam vortex-induced vibration piezoelectric energy harvester with interference step is proposed. The experimental results show that the interference step can broaden the effective wind speed bandwidth in the second resonance region of the energy harvester and increase its energy output amplitude significantly. When the load resistance is 90 kΩ, the effective wind speed bandwidth in the second resonance region of the energy harvester can be expanded by a maximum of more than 200%, and the peak output power can be increased by a maximum of 291% by adjusting the position, width and height of the step. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]