Overview of piezoelectric energy harvesting technology in the tire condition monitoring systems

Abstract

Over the past decade, energy harvesting from the surrounding resources has been a hot topic for numerous researches. The automotive industry is one field that pays attention to this clean energy which plays a primary role in the vehicle’s safety. Moreover, a cost-efficient monitoring structure to better track tires conditions is required to fill the tires safety requirements. The main objective of this paper is to present a state of the art about the techniques of vibrational energy harvesting from car’s tires for the embedded self-power sensors and tires condition monitoring systems (TCMS).