A new type of piezoelectric self-excited vibration energy harvester for micro-actuator's energy storage

2022 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 103519
Author(s):  
Tian Wang ◽  
Zhi-Wen Zhu
Author(s):  
Mohamed Bendame ◽  
Eihab Abdel-Rahman ◽  
Mostafa Soliman

We investigate a new type of nonlinear vibration energy harvester that uses a double impact oscillator as its harvesting element. A prototype of the harvester is analyzed numerically and experimentally when aligned vertically. Results show that the new architecture enhanced the output power as well as the frequency bandwidth in comparison with linear harvesters. The new harvester is capable of generating up to 250 mV and has a harvesting bandwidth of about 6 Hz. The optimal load for 0.7 g input acceleration is found to be 5.5 Ω and the corresponding optimal power is determined to be 8 mWatts.


2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 201-210
Author(s):  
Yoshikazu Tanaka ◽  
Satoru Odake ◽  
Jun Miyake ◽  
Hidemi Mutsuda ◽  
Atanas A. Popov ◽  
...  

Energy harvesting methods that use functional materials have attracted interest because they can take advantage of an abundant but underutilized energy source. Most vibration energy harvester designs operate most effectively around their resonant frequency. However, in practice, the frequency band for ambient vibrational energy is typically broad. The development of technologies for broadband energy harvesting is therefore desirable. The authors previously proposed an energy harvester, called a flexible piezoelectric device (FPED), that consists of a piezoelectric film (polyvinylidene difluoride) and a soft material, such as silicon rubber or polyethylene terephthalate. The authors also proposed a system based on FPEDs for broadband energy harvesting. The system consisted of cantilevered FPEDs, with each FPED connected via a spring. Simply supported FPEDs also have potential for broadband energy harvesting, and here, a theoretical evaluation method is proposed for such a system. Experiments are conducted to validate the derived model.


2018 ◽  
Vol 138 (5) ◽  
pp. 185-190
Author(s):  
Meng Su ◽  
Dai Kobayashi ◽  
Nobuyuki Takama ◽  
Beomjoon Kim

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