Experimental Evaluation of Piezoelectric Vehicle Speed Sensor for Smart Highways: A Progress Report

Ivan Underwood, Kara Leah Bailen, Francis J. Dellapenna, Luay Yassin Taha, Hussein Abdeltawab, Sohail Anwar

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Abstract

In smart highways and smart roads, detection and measuring the vehicle speed is essential for monitoring purposes and proper traffic and lane keeping operations. In our previous work, we presented a piezoelectric harvester and speed sensor by embedding, in the asphalt, two piezoelectric modules at a known distance. Each one generates pulses when stressed by the vehicle wheels. These pulses are collected by the Arduino microcontroller. Then, the vehicle speed is estimated using an estimation algorithm. The practical testing was carried out using the Hamburg Wheel Tracking machine which has limitation in varying the speed. In this work, we extend the practical testing of the system using two free fall objects that sequentially stress the two piezoelectric modules, thus generating two pulses have a time delay that is controlled using timing circuit. The pulses are acquired using the Arduino microcontroller. Then, the vehicle speed is estimated from the time difference between the two pulses. The experiment is repeated for different time delays to evaluate the sensing accuracy. Results have shown considerable accuracy in sensing the speed when the time delay between the pulses varies from 2s to 10s.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication12th IEEE International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications, ICRERA 2023
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages576-580
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9798350337938
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Event12th IEEE International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications, ICRERA 2023 - Oshawa, Canada
Duration: Aug 29 2023Sep 1 2023

Publication series

Name12th IEEE International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications, ICRERA 2023

Conference

Conference12th IEEE International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications, ICRERA 2023
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityOshawa
Period8/29/239/1/23

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Control and Optimization

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