Modular Environment for Development and Characterization of Tunable Energy Harvesting Systems

This paper presents the design and development process for an electromagnetic self-tuned vibrational energy harvester prototype. Most state-of-the-art publications present non-tunable or manually tunable vibrational energy harvesters, even the market provides some commercial models of these categori...

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Main Authors: Javier Casatorres-Aguero, Octavio Nieto-Taladriz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Banja Luka 2017-12-01
Series:Electronics
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Online Access:http://els-journal.etf.unibl.org/journal/Vol21No2/xPaper_01.pdf
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description This paper presents the design and development process for an electromagnetic self-tuned vibrational energy harvester prototype. Most state-of-the-art publications present non-tunable or manually tunable vibrational energy harvesters, even the market provides some commercial models of these categories for specific applications. On the other hand, self-tuned energy harvesters are yet rarely seen on the research community. The presented work follows the complete process of designing a prototype to work as a second-order oscillatory system in the form of a cantilever. Three different approaches to tune the resonant frequency of the harvester were considered, each based in changing a property of the cantilever that modifies its resonant frequency. Firstly, it was changed the effective vibrating length of the cantilever. Secondly it was introduced an axial load to the system. Then, the use of a dual cantilever wishbone structure was studied as it allows changing the equivalent stiffness of the system. Finally a prototype based on the first strategy was built and tested, including control algorithms for the maximum electrical energy harvesting point tracking which are presented.
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spelling doaj.art-4e2bfc528d9343a2925f413c2bf83bba2022-12-22T04:23:32ZengUniversity of Banja LukaElectronics1450-58431450-58432017-12-01212535910.7251/ELS1721053CModular Environment for Development and Characterization of Tunable Energy Harvesting SystemsJavier Casatorres-Aguero0Octavio Nieto-Taladriz1Universidad Politécnica de MadridUniversidad Politécnica de MadridThis paper presents the design and development process for an electromagnetic self-tuned vibrational energy harvester prototype. Most state-of-the-art publications present non-tunable or manually tunable vibrational energy harvesters, even the market provides some commercial models of these categories for specific applications. On the other hand, self-tuned energy harvesters are yet rarely seen on the research community. The presented work follows the complete process of designing a prototype to work as a second-order oscillatory system in the form of a cantilever. Three different approaches to tune the resonant frequency of the harvester were considered, each based in changing a property of the cantilever that modifies its resonant frequency. Firstly, it was changed the effective vibrating length of the cantilever. Secondly it was introduced an axial load to the system. Then, the use of a dual cantilever wishbone structure was studied as it allows changing the equivalent stiffness of the system. Finally a prototype based on the first strategy was built and tested, including control algorithms for the maximum electrical energy harvesting point tracking which are presented.http://els-journal.etf.unibl.org/journal/Vol21No2/xPaper_01.pdfEnergy harvestingself-tuned vibrational energy harvesterInternet of Thingssensor autonomous nodes
spellingShingle Javier Casatorres-Aguero
Octavio Nieto-Taladriz
Modular Environment for Development and Characterization of Tunable Energy Harvesting Systems
Electronics
Energy harvesting
self-tuned vibrational energy harvester
Internet of Things
sensor autonomous nodes
title Modular Environment for Development and Characterization of Tunable Energy Harvesting Systems
title_full Modular Environment for Development and Characterization of Tunable Energy Harvesting Systems
title_fullStr Modular Environment for Development and Characterization of Tunable Energy Harvesting Systems
title_full_unstemmed Modular Environment for Development and Characterization of Tunable Energy Harvesting Systems
title_short Modular Environment for Development and Characterization of Tunable Energy Harvesting Systems
title_sort modular environment for development and characterization of tunable energy harvesting systems
topic Energy harvesting
self-tuned vibrational energy harvester
Internet of Things
sensor autonomous nodes
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