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Enhanced low-frequency vibration energy harvesting with inertial amplifiers

Sondipon Adhikari, Arnab Banerjee

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Volume: 33, Issue: 6, Pages: 822 - 838

Swansea University Author: Sondipon Adhikari

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Abstract

Piezoelectric vibration energy harvesters have demonstrated the potential for sustainable energy generation from diverse ambient sources in the context of low-powered micro-scale systems. However, challenges remain concerning harvesting more power from low-frequency input excitations and broadband r...

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Published in: Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures
ISSN: 1045-389X 1530-8138
Published: SAGE Publications 2022
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57676
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Abstract: Piezoelectric vibration energy harvesters have demonstrated the potential for sustainable energy generation from diverse ambient sources in the context of low-powered micro-scale systems. However, challenges remain concerning harvesting more power from low-frequency input excitations and broadband random excitations. To address this, here we propose a purely mechanical approach by employing inertial amplifiers with cantilever piezoelectric vibration energy harvesters. The proposed mechanism can achieve inertial amplification amounting to orders of magnitude under certain conditions. Harmonic, as well as broadband random excitations, are considered. Two types of harvesting circuits, namely, without and with an inductor, have been employed. We explicitly demonstrate how different parameters describing the inertial amplifiers should be optimally tuned to maximise harvested power under different types of excitations and circuit configurations. It is possible to harvest five times more power at a 50% lower frequency when the ambient excitation is harmonic. Under random broadband ambient excitations, it is possible to harvest 10 times more power with optimally selected parameters.
Keywords: Vibration energy harvesting, inertial amplifiers, optimisation, random excitation, cantilever harvesters
College: Faculty of Science and Engineering
Funders: UK-India Education and Research Initiative through grant number UKIERI/P1212; Inspire Faculty Award of Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, grant number DST/INSPIRE/04/2018/000052.
Issue: 6
Start Page: 822
End Page: 838