Seismic Potential and Feasibility of Harvesting and Storing Earthquake Energy for Iran

Iran is one of the most seismically active regions in the world. With each earthquake, a relatively large amount of kinetic energy is released on the surface of the earth. In the history of Iran, the occurrence of any earthquake has always been recorded as a major hazard. Considering the importance of using new energies and reducing the use of fossil fuels in seismically active regions such as Iran, the energy from earthquakes can be used as a suitable opportunity to provide alternative energy. This requires that the feasibility of harvesting and storing earthquake energy be examined first. Therefore, in this paper, the released energy of earthquakes that have occurred in Iran since ۱۹۷۴ was examined separately for each seismic zone in Iran and also for each decade in which the earthquake occurred, and finally, the energy released in the earthquake was compared with the required electrical energy. As a general conclusion, it can be said that Iran has a great potential for harvesting energy theoretically, but it is not currently justified from a practical and economic perspective.

کلیدواژه ها:

Earthquake energy ، Vibrating piezoelectric ، Earthquake harvesting ، Ground motion