The very basic flaw is attaching the piezoelectric transducers to the strips. Remember they work with changing pressure, the design can be significantly improved if the piezoelectric generators were attached to a solid holding and the vibrating strips hitting these transducers.
Nice work and this helps me with my project because now I remembered that I need tuning forks for my project. Generator is made from old speakers converted into linear generators. I wanted to get wind, sound and vibration collection from one device.
I agree it's a clever idea. I think, also, that harvesting acoustic power, could ALSO reduce ambient noise. I wonder, if using loudspeakers, instead of aluminum bars and piezo elements, could be more effective, since the speaker membrane could collect a way wider spectrum of frequencies... Maybe, also, the lower intrinsic impedance of loudspeakers cold give a better overall circuitry performance in terms of total current available.... .
@@Shark-kawaii104 technically you can use a mic as a speaker and a speaker as a mic. They work the same way, just in opposite directions, kinda like (but not the same as) a vacuum and a hair dryer
good stuff. Recommend "Tate Ambient Power Module" circuit, which uses germanium diodes for rectification. The voltage drop is less. But also, you want to measure power not voltage. It might be good to stick with pulses and have a coil structure to get the voltage way up high. If you can get the coils to oscillate longer with less dampened oscillation (high inductance, low resistance), and tuned also with the frequency, the coils can serve as storage for power. You probably need to use a higher frequency though. such as 2khz. Earth NMR is around 2khz, btw.
Brilliant project👏 👏 . If this project could be implemented on roof area of a property near an international airport, could the cost cover the benefit of creating free electricity ? What I meant is, does it also work with aircrafts noise frequency? And if so what is the electricity in voltage created for every single time a commercial airplane is flying by?
I am impressed with the dedication you put into this project but depressed at its overall electrical yeild Make one for wind generation. You clearly got more power when the wind kicked in
You need to add controls for wind. How much do the 8 inch beams generate in a quiet park? How much electricity is generated in your indoor setup with the speaker playing recorded road noise? I suspect that breezes account for most of the vibrational energy absorbed by the device rather than sound.
great effort. However, I would want to know how much "power" not how much "volts". Knowing the power, you can determine what sort of load it could handle. Also, there are boost-converts that can bring voltage up higher.
Not much. 0.2V is low and IIRC piezo's don't generate amperage. At that rate 600 elements would be needed to generate 120V, of course this might be at the low mA range too.
Hello. I'm a grade 12 student and our group proposed that the vibrations coming from the sounds in a room can generate or can be tranformed to electric energy. We are trying to make a capstone about it. It is supposed to be a soundproofing material but with a device that will absorb the vibrations coming from the sounds and apparently convert it to an electrical energy. I'm not really sure about this, is this feasible?
sure the power measured was .2v but that was using a singular device. so what if you increase the amount of collectors? what if instead on a stationary it were on top of a car? what if it were at a concert? or in a subway?
For those looking for answers. I did some maths based -off this video. C = 4.7 microFarads P = I*V, Q = C*V, I = Q/t = C*V/t P = C*V*V/t Now, using values he got in 4:53, Given t = 100s, V=0.13V, P = 4.7*10^-3 * 0.13^2/100 = 7.943*10^-7 Watts or given t = 16s, V = 0.04V, P = 4.7*10^-3 * 0.04^2/16 = 4.7*10^-7 Watts Looking at some random LEDs on amazon, It's power usage is 0.6W. That's 127660 times more power than what the piezos generate in this circuit. Good luck with energy harvesting.
I had this idea in my head for about a year now,imagine if you put a lot of these under/over a city. That is basically free energy. I am only 14 so I can't do much about this but I want someone to do it
Interesting. I'm actually building a project that will use sound as a power source. Btw, I think you'll get more volts using a hydrophone (experimenting under water).
We could install these in caves were bats live nd frequently pass by. Bats while flying produce supersonic sound ranging in frequency from 20 to 100 kHz. we just have to do few adjustments to the model. I don't know if it will work or not. Share your thoughts.
We can put it near the waterfall because it will be more louder and more efficient. Or heck! you can put it near the airport or shooting range or stormy places.
I dont understand something : which frequency do you want to détermine : -the frequency from the cars sound ? or -the frequency of the numbers of cars passing ? thanks for your answer Can I contact you as Im a student in french préparatory classes and I have to work on this project Thanks !!
Hi! May I ask why the 2 beams are not equal lengths? I'm literally new to electronics and I still seem not to understand why are they not in equal lengths. Thank you!
The device harvests energy from the plates vibrating. Kinda like a tuning fork and if you know enough about tuning forks you would know that different lengths of the tuning fork make different pitches and a sound that has the same pitch to a tuning fork will make that tuning fork vibrate. This is how you can break a wine glass with your voice actually.
Can you reverse the system, apply a voltage at a frequency and produce any frequency you want? I think you could have an acoustic cutting tool for stone like granite. I heard Egyptian's used tuning forks to cut stone for the pyramids.
You can use a bass shaker/exciter or tactile transducer to make solid objects vibrate at specific frequencies. They work like a speaker does, so you can control the frequency from your phone or PC.
Hello. I'm a grade 12 student and our group proposed that the vibrations coming from the sounds in a room can generate or can be tranformed to electric energy. We are trying to make a capstone about it. It is supposed to be a soundproofing material but with a device that will absorb the vibrations coming from the sounds and apparently convert it to an electrical energy. I'm not really sure about this, is this feasible?
Andersen Ong We are doing the same project over at our school, we are hoping that you could share a few information on the project you are working on as well. I hope to hear from you again.
Hi i want to recreate your experiment for my personal project. Could you please send me a list of things that are required for this experiment. I would really appreciate it!
Tesla said the secret is deep into the ground,his tower was 300 ft deep i think,if your oscillators went 3 feet deep could it help it make more energy?
Said: “ Now let me tell you why I Chose this length”..[ …. Then proceeded to completely nerd the FwkOut ] 😂 Like seriously ?!? I could think of two different ways that could’ve been simplified without utilizing all the extensive math. Not that I don’t appreciate your diligent work. Although anyone who can follow your charts and graphs better be equipped with common sense thus elevating the need for its expression. Bless your heart
Would be interesting but even if you can collect at 100% efficiency, there isn't much energy available through sound. The wind generated by passing cars contains more energy and actual devices have been made for it. Also another better method currently being researched is to embed piezoelectronics in the road surface itself.
Interesting idea. But, how many Current can be harvested? And if it applicate in a crowded area or traffic jam. How many Voltage and Current can be harvested?
I’m new to your channel and I really wish someone ( not electing you to be the one ) but someone would attempt methods such as these/ sterling energy generators in regards to what processes could potentially power a modern house. I’ve been on this search for a year and it’s frustrating the amount of different knowledge I’ve had to familiarize myself with in order to overcome the task. Like I know someone else has thought of using something other than hydro and solar and put it on film over the years . Plz someone direct my ass 😂
You should share this technology worldwide so mankind can break free of these parasites of money and energy sellers, also you should try using much colder temperatures , see if it has any effects like super conductors ect
This is exactly running in my head, not only sound but all energy that are from electrical(energy) that were converted to such as heat, opto, light , radiation, and many more . Then, they are complaining of lack of energy? Take note, many technical people have already work and prove for the said energy conversion. ??? The big question is Why? Why they are not utilising it? There is really something fishy going around? As what other people, many people(technical) have discussed this matter and just evaporate. Just to add other issue. China now has prove and improve the sodium battery which is quality in form and safe in all aspects as well as abundant in nature. Why it was stopped , that is the very big question again. It is questionionable that other technical people can not do/ enhanced it. Then, at the end of the day , Chinese people discover/invent/enhance it. Political will or capacity and skills to make output ,that lurks in this issues. Full Stop.
yea i had this thought yesterday.. if we can harvest our emotions and sound does travel 5+times faster in water(W'ere mostly water)even faster in harder ednse objects like iron
Sometimes we look too far for energy harvesting source....the most significant and undeniable that can produce a useable amount of power is the DC motor (hand crank or twist) and no other can do that more better even smaller solar panel can't do better than high powered dc motor which can produce higher voltage and higher amp ...all other sources are simply too small and useless. If there is a way to crank a dc motor more conveniently without much hassle it will be the beginning of new energy that better than the rest of energy harvesting. they key here is to find a better way to crank the DC motor how conveniently
But this video is about catching sound waves and turning it into electricity, and the unit of electricity is Volts, and the unit of energy is joules, so he won't tell you how much joules he can measure, but he can tell the Amps of the voltage as still it won't be much.
All this work to answe how much energy was produced, but the answer is not 'this much energy'. Disappointing end! Joules could have worked. But hey, we're on the internet, the real measuring stick is 'how many bananas' is it (calculate joules per banana, divide your energy produced in one work day - then you get how much banana you produce per day with your system)
Авто/Мото
The very basic flaw is attaching the piezoelectric transducers to the strips. Remember they work with changing pressure, the design can be significantly improved if the piezoelectric generators were attached to a solid holding and the vibrating strips hitting these transducers.
If a couple where placed at airports and connected to batterys it could probably make a whole lot of energy huh great idea keep up w da research
Nice work and this helps me with my project because now I remembered that I need tuning forks for my project. Generator is made from old speakers converted into linear generators. I wanted to get wind, sound and vibration collection from one device.
Clever idea. Nice how you explained the science behind it!
Thanks!
This in series could do alot
I agree it's a clever idea. I think, also, that harvesting acoustic power, could ALSO reduce ambient noise.
I wonder, if using loudspeakers, instead of aluminum bars and piezo elements, could be more effective, since the speaker membrane could collect a way wider spectrum of frequencies...
Maybe, also, the lower intrinsic impedance of loudspeakers cold give a better overall circuitry performance in terms of total current available....
.
That could work except that speakers convert electric energy to sound energy, maybe you meant microphones
@@Shark-kawaii104 technically you can use a mic as a speaker and a speaker as a mic. They work the same way, just in opposite directions, kinda like (but not the same as) a vacuum and a hair dryer
good stuff. Recommend "Tate Ambient Power Module" circuit, which uses germanium diodes for rectification. The voltage drop is less. But also, you want to measure power not voltage. It might be good to stick with pulses and have a coil structure to get the voltage way up high. If you can get the coils to oscillate longer with less dampened oscillation (high inductance, low resistance), and tuned also with the frequency, the coils can serve as storage for power. You probably need to use a higher frequency though. such as 2khz. Earth NMR is around 2khz, btw.
Was there a reason you setup above the plane of emission of those noises at the tailpipe level?
May I ask what were the materials used in here? Thanks!
Brilliant project👏 👏 . If this project could be implemented on roof area of a property near an international airport, could the cost cover the benefit of creating free electricity ?
What I meant is, does it also work with aircrafts noise frequency? And if so what is the electricity in voltage created for every single time a commercial airplane is flying by?
Super cool idea
I am impressed with the dedication you put into this project but depressed at its overall electrical yeild
Make one for wind generation. You clearly got more power when the wind kicked in
Need the link to your sound generator and would like to have more information or please do another video continue your research
can u give me the name of full bridge rectifier ? plz . tks for ur help
How do you connect the oscillator to your circuit? How does that oscillator generate a potential voltage?
You need to add controls for wind. How much do the 8 inch beams generate in a quiet park? How much electricity is generated in your indoor setup with the speaker playing recorded road noise? I suspect that breezes account for most of the vibrational energy absorbed by the device rather than sound.
I swear I have this idea before I swear , and I didn't see your video befor
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 I'm really happy for you I feel like i did it
great effort. However, I would want to know how much "power" not how much "volts". Knowing the power, you can determine what sort of load it could handle. Also, there are boost-converts that can bring voltage up higher.
Can i use this as a research project? Just want to modify it a bit to fit in an instrumwnt
where can buy one or just purchase the parts all in one?
I wish more people knew this existed
To be honest the biggest question wasn't actually answered: How much power does it generate?
Not much. 0.2V is low and IIRC piezo's don't generate amperage. At that rate 600 elements would be needed to generate 120V, of course this might be at the low mA range too.
Approx. for demonstrated measurement:
A_capacitor = 0.5 * C * V^2 = 0.5 * 4.7[uF] * 0.04[V^2] = 0.094 [uJ]
P_average = A_capacitor / time = 0.094 [uJ] / 600 [s] = 156.7 [pW]
Losses are minimum value as energy stored in caps.
Hey watch the full video because the person who posted this comment didnt
0.2 volts it was answers
Hello. I'm a grade 12 student and our group proposed that the vibrations coming from the sounds in a room can generate or can be tranformed to electric energy. We are trying to make a capstone about it. It is supposed to be a soundproofing material but with a device that will absorb the vibrations coming from the sounds and apparently convert it to an electrical energy. I'm not really sure about this, is this feasible?
Energy and voltage are not the same.
0.2V without current is meaningless.
Nice video nevertheless.
This can work at concerts..
sure the power measured was .2v but that was using a singular device. so what if you increase the amount of collectors? what if instead on a stationary it were on top of a car? what if it were at a concert? or in a subway?
Can a material be used which vibrates even with a slight force like a spring....?
Nice!
I wonder what the average voltage would be under the hood of a vehicle running for 5 mins?
For those looking for answers. I did some maths based -off this video.
C = 4.7 microFarads
P = I*V,
Q = C*V, I = Q/t = C*V/t
P = C*V*V/t
Now, using values he got in 4:53,
Given t = 100s, V=0.13V,
P = 4.7*10^-3 * 0.13^2/100 = 7.943*10^-7 Watts
or given t = 16s, V = 0.04V,
P = 4.7*10^-3 * 0.04^2/16 = 4.7*10^-7 Watts
Looking at some random LEDs on amazon, It's power usage is 0.6W.
That's 127660 times more power than what the piezos generate in this circuit.
Good luck with energy harvesting.
so are you saying his experiment results were inaccurate?
Whelp I am planning something attached to my shocks so any power in will be fine. Experiments are necessary.
Cool!
How much did it cost? Where did you get the parts
I had this idea in my head for about a year now,imagine if you put a lot of these under/over a city. That is basically free energy. I am only 14 so I can't do much about this but I want someone to do it
@David Morris Well, it's free for you!
Solar power would produce a lot more energy if installed at fraction of the space
may i ask where did the 1.875 come from?
Why not add the device to the vehicle for constant and direct harvest?
Imagine harvesting Sound Energy from a Drum Solo.
Set these small things in the super bowl or a concert. Or if you live near an airfield or train tracks
@@mrimc it won't generate enough for anything so, maybe add a small battery? And probably only used for an emergency flashlight or something
Double Thumb's Up!
This would have been great to test in Chicago during its biggest shooting season yet.
Interesting. I'm actually building a project that will use sound as a power source.
Btw, I think you'll get more volts using a hydrophone (experimenting under water).
I wonder if one could make a whole piezoelectric window pane out of something like Rochelle Salts
We could install these in caves were bats live nd frequently pass by. Bats while flying produce supersonic sound ranging in frequency from 20 to 100 kHz. we just have to do few adjustments to the model. I don't know if it will work or not. Share your thoughts.
Amazing idea bro, replying after 2 years 🤣🤣 I just watched now
We can put it near the waterfall because it will be more louder and more efficient. Or heck! you can put it near the airport or shooting range or stormy places.
@@sawsamuelsanhnit6097 You could put a turbine under the waterfall 😁😅
Or a wind turbine in stormy places
@@HarjotSinghphotography Damn! I’m Stupid.
I dont understand something : which frequency do you want to détermine : -the frequency from the cars sound ? or -the frequency of the numbers of cars passing ?
thanks for your answer
Can I contact you as Im a student in french préparatory classes and I have to work on this project
Thanks !!
If you firmly attach it into the path/curb I reckon you'd get more.
Pls state the materials used
Hi! May I ask why the 2 beams are not equal lengths? I'm literally new to electronics and I still seem not to understand why are they not in equal lengths. Thank you!
The device harvests energy from the plates vibrating. Kinda like a tuning fork and if you know enough about tuning forks you would know that different lengths of the tuning fork make different pitches and a sound that has the same pitch to a tuning fork will make that tuning fork vibrate. This is how you can break a wine glass with your voice actually.
Please hope you see this
I want to know everything you know
How did you know all this?
Can you reverse the system, apply a voltage at a frequency and produce any frequency you want? I think you could have an acoustic cutting tool for stone like granite. I heard Egyptian's used tuning forks to cut stone for the pyramids.
You can use a bass shaker/exciter or tactile transducer to make solid objects vibrate at specific frequencies. They work like a speaker does, so you can control the frequency from your phone or PC.
Why don't we use a microphone instead ? Was curious cause I tried a small scale experiment of this with microphone and it kinda worked 😀
What type of microphone did you use?
Hello. I'm a grade 12 student and our group proposed that the vibrations coming from the sounds in a room can generate or can be tranformed to electric energy. We are trying to make a capstone about it. It is supposed to be a soundproofing material but with a device that will absorb the vibrations coming from the sounds and apparently convert it to an electrical energy. I'm not really sure about this, is this feasible?
Andersen Ong
We are doing the same project over at our school, we are hoping that you could share a few information on the project you are working on as well. I hope to hear from you again.
0.2 v? that is very small amount energy produced...but i like these idea
Can you please tell me what the piezo discs were used for exactly? thanks
Piezo convert their pressure difference inside them into electrical energy
Hi i want to recreate your experiment for my personal project. Could you please send me a list of things that are required for this experiment. I would really appreciate it!
Tesla said the secret is deep into the ground,his tower was 300 ft deep i think,if your oscillators went 3 feet deep could it help it make more energy?
Said: “ Now let me tell you why I Chose this length”..[ …. Then proceeded to completely nerd the FwkOut ] 😂 Like seriously ?!? I could think of two different ways that could’ve been simplified without utilizing all the extensive math. Not that I don’t appreciate your diligent work. Although anyone who can follow your charts and graphs better be equipped with common sense thus elevating the need for its expression. Bless your heart
What are the energy losses on the capacitors?
yeah!!!
UK company Orange tried this in the past...
What about setting up a more efficent version of this system below roads and stuff to generate extra energy for the grid ?
Would be interesting but even if you can collect at 100% efficiency, there isn't much energy available through sound. The wind generated by passing cars contains more energy and actual devices have been made for it. Also another better method currently being researched is to embed piezoelectronics in the road surface itself.
@@MechanicalAttraction thats actually more what i meant, yes a piezoelectric road
Since we use a radio and used its sound energy to recharge it
How effective it is. ?
Go do some study kid.
We can place this energy harvester in places like metro tunnel and high sound generating industries.
Interesting idea. But, how many Current can be harvested? And if it applicate in a crowded area or traffic jam. How many Voltage and Current can be harvested?
yea
Zero
instructables link
These could be placed in major cities if it works a whole city could be its own electrical plant
I’m new to your channel and I really wish someone ( not electing you to be the one ) but someone would attempt methods such as these/ sterling energy generators in regards to what processes could potentially power a modern house. I’ve been on this search for a year and it’s frustrating the amount of different knowledge I’ve had to familiarize myself with in order to overcome the task. Like I know someone else has thought of using something other than hydro and solar and put it on film over the years . Plz someone direct my ass 😂
You should share this technology worldwide so mankind can break free of these parasites of money and energy sellers, also you should try using much colder temperatures , see if it has any effects like super conductors ect
Now what if this type of device was as big as a skyscraper? I’m sure we could harvest major amounts of power no?
It can't be like that using present technology, cuz if you make it hard, it will not vibrate much, and you can't make thin skyscraper isn't it?
Make it inside a scyscraper than? With a sort of tunnel to the centre...🤔
Cool work tho
This is exactly running in my head, not only sound but all energy that are from electrical(energy) that were converted to such as heat, opto, light , radiation, and many more . Then, they are complaining of lack of energy?
Take note, many technical people have already work and prove for the said energy conversion.
???
The big question is Why?
Why they are not utilising it?
There is really something fishy going around? As what other people, many people(technical) have discussed this matter and just evaporate.
Just to add other issue.
China now has prove and improve the sodium battery which is quality in form and safe in all aspects as well as abundant in nature.
Why it was stopped , that is the very big question again.
It is questionionable that other technical people can not do/ enhanced it. Then, at the end of the day , Chinese people discover/invent/enhance it.
Political will or capacity and skills to make output ,that lurks in this issues.
Full Stop.
put that in the most noisest talk to charge a phone pc tablet etc
handtighting # the nuts
I have a design for a device I hope to build which will harvest all scales of sound and movement energy.
When do you plan to have a prototype?
yea i had this thought yesterday.. if we can harvest our emotions and sound does travel 5+times faster in water(W'ere mostly water)even faster in harder ednse objects like iron
0.2 volts from how big of a collection medium
yea
Video quality is good. Content quality can be improved.
now you should give codes to public
🌚
buddy use a huge horn and a speaker turned to generator (look on youtube)
Sometimes we look too far for energy harvesting source....the most significant and undeniable that can produce a useable amount of power is the DC motor (hand crank or twist) and no other can do that more better even smaller solar panel can't do better than high powered dc motor which can produce higher voltage and higher amp ...all other sources are simply too small and useless. If there is a way to crank a dc motor more conveniently without much hassle it will be the beginning of new energy that better than the rest of energy harvesting. they key here is to find a better way to crank the DC motor how conveniently
Fail. Okay, science class, "how much ENERGY can be harvested" means the result should have an energy unit. Volts is not a unit of energy.
true
But this video is about catching sound waves and turning it into electricity, and the unit of electricity is Volts, and the unit of energy is joules, so he won't tell you how much joules he can measure, but he can tell the Amps of the voltage as still it won't be much.
It's 0,2 volts and what if you place many of them? Like 100 or more? 🤔
@@daveheyrman 100 of them just for 2volts and barely any amps, i don't think it's worth it
@@anmol4484 ow yes that's sad 😔
I was interested, but now I'm not.
So you're telling me if I put that on my wife she could power up whole house for free ?
All this work to answe how much energy was produced, but the answer is not 'this much energy'. Disappointing end! Joules could have worked. But hey, we're on the internet, the real measuring stick is 'how many bananas' is it (calculate joules per banana, divide your energy produced in one work day - then you get how much banana you produce per day with your system)
@MechanicalAttraction may i have the link
If you make a 1000 more you Will end up with 200volts.
Speakers make better oscillators, perhaps!!!?
Go to an elementary school or a theatre or a roller coaster park
you cant use volt !! use amp !!
You should put it in a bitcoin mining farm and see what happens.