Process of Generating Power from Hard Disk Vibration in Datacenters

This talk concentrates on Energy Harvesting. Energy harvesting (also known as power harvesting or energy scavenging) is the process by which energy is derived from external sources, it’s captured, and stored. Energy harvesters currently do not produce sufficient energy to perform mechanical work, but instead provide small amount of power for powering low-energy electronics. Energy harvesting is also motivated by a desire to address the issue of climate change and global warming. Based on proof of concept, we will present a process to sense the vibration of the hard disks in the datacenter, and converting these vibrations to a control signal for pneumatic control. The pneumatic control has piston type of arrangement which produces massive stress on piezoelectric sensor. Piezoelectric sensor which has the ability to transform mechanical strain energy into electrical charge. The power so generated can be stored in a capacitor, super capacitor, or battery so this energy can be used for energy conservation and harvesting. In datacenters Energy harvesting devices can be used for powering the operations of micro electronics, microcontrollers and processors in datacenters.