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What campus are you from?
Daytona Beach
Authors' Class Standing
Ernesto Calderon Gonzalez, Freshman Zoey Young, Freshman Kinga Wysocka, Freshman Chang Han Wu, Freshman Fabio Araujo, Freshman Jeremy Nahuel, Freshman
Lead Presenter's Name
Ernesto Calderon Gonzalez
Faculty Mentor Name
Professor Claudia Ehringer Lucas
Abstract
Piezoelectric Technology in Runways and Taxiways Professor Ehringer Lucas, Claudia M. An average airport uses significant amounts of electricity, with large and medium size airports reaching over 150,000 MWh of energy costing approximately $20.4 million per year. Piezoelectric technology can be a passive source of income to alleviate the cost of maintaining airport activity. This technology has many applications, and one of the most common applications of piezoelectric technology is in the form of tiles. An example of the tiles in use would be in the Shibuya station, which generates electricity through piezoelectric’s. The piezoelectric effect, by definition, is the phenomenon where an electric charge is produced when materials like ceramics and crystals are put under stress. Pedestrians walking on these tiles induce stress onto the crystals, generating usable electricity. Using this principle, electricity can be generated from commotion such as plane landings, and taxiway traffic. To ensure the piezoelectric tiles can withstand the mechanical stress caused by runway commotion, an RPD (Regenerative Pavement Device) design would be used; this design would be composed of 20 cassettes, with each cassette being made up of 3 PZT (Lead Zirconate Titanate) crystal stacks. PZT crystals can withstand pressures up to 250 MPa, which greatly exceeds the required strength necessary (1.80MPa). In order to reduce installation and maintenance costs, only certain highly concentrated sections of the runway would be equipped with RPDs. Areas such as taxiways, which feature traffic in the form of tugs and airport personnel, as well as the beginning sections of runways where planes would land would be prime targets.
Did this research project receive funding support from the Office of Undergraduate Research.
No
Piezoelectric Flooring for Runways and Taxiways
Piezoelectric Technology in Runways and Taxiways Professor Ehringer Lucas, Claudia M. An average airport uses significant amounts of electricity, with large and medium size airports reaching over 150,000 MWh of energy costing approximately $20.4 million per year. Piezoelectric technology can be a passive source of income to alleviate the cost of maintaining airport activity. This technology has many applications, and one of the most common applications of piezoelectric technology is in the form of tiles. An example of the tiles in use would be in the Shibuya station, which generates electricity through piezoelectric’s. The piezoelectric effect, by definition, is the phenomenon where an electric charge is produced when materials like ceramics and crystals are put under stress. Pedestrians walking on these tiles induce stress onto the crystals, generating usable electricity. Using this principle, electricity can be generated from commotion such as plane landings, and taxiway traffic. To ensure the piezoelectric tiles can withstand the mechanical stress caused by runway commotion, an RPD (Regenerative Pavement Device) design would be used; this design would be composed of 20 cassettes, with each cassette being made up of 3 PZT (Lead Zirconate Titanate) crystal stacks. PZT crystals can withstand pressures up to 250 MPa, which greatly exceeds the required strength necessary (1.80MPa). In order to reduce installation and maintenance costs, only certain highly concentrated sections of the runway would be equipped with RPDs. Areas such as taxiways, which feature traffic in the form of tugs and airport personnel, as well as the beginning sections of runways where planes would land would be prime targets.