Frequency Up-Conversion for Vibration Energy Harvesting: A …
This paper reviews the existing approaches that can realize frequency up-conversion for enhancing energy harvesting from low-frequency vibration sources. According …
This paper reviews the existing approaches that can realize frequency up-conversion for enhancing energy harvesting from low-frequency vibration sources. According …
Vibration power is widely dispersed in the surroundings, such as mechanical vibration, acoustic vibration, wind vibration, and water wave vibration. Collecting vibration energy is one of the research hotspots in the field of energy. Meanwhile, it is also an important way to solve the energy crisis.
Vibration energy harvesters must resonate at a certain frequency and level of vibration to maximise energy output; however, the frequency and level of vibration in the environment is often variable and not quite suited to sustained resonance, thus having a significant impact on the performance of vibration power capture.
This paper reviews the existing approaches that can realize frequency up-conversion for enhancing energy harvesting from low-frequency vibration sources. According to their working mechanisms, the existing methods are classified into three categories: impact-based, plucking-based, and snap-through-based approaches.
Utilisation across multiple purposes and ranges: In addition to mechanical vibration, various movements of the human body produce vibrational energy, such as the heartbeat, pulse beat, and human body walking.
To harvest vibration energy over a wider band of vibration frequencies, Liu et al. put forward a multiple degree frictional electrical energy collector (structure shown in Figure 9) , which can collect the vibration power at two operating frequencies.
Vibration power is widespread in the environment, and the vibration energy collected from the environment can supply energy for micro electronic devices such as micro-nano sensors, thus reducing the use of chemical batteries and pollution of the environment.
This paper reviews the existing approaches that can realize frequency up-conversion for enhancing energy harvesting from low-frequency vibration sources. According …
The energy storage adaptive control strategy combines the characteristics of virtual synchronous machine technology and battery energy storage systems to effectively utilize energy storage resources to support frequency regulation of the power grid. This strategy can participate in frequency control of the power grid by simulating ...
Investigated nanofluids and vibration effects to boost solar collector efficiency. Efficiency increased by 83% with SiO 2 /acetone at 82 Hz mechanical vibration. Efficiency improved by 75% with TiO 2 /acetone under mechanical vibrations. Vibration frequency from 22-82 Hz enhanced convective heat transfer efficiency.
This paper reviews the existing approaches that can realize frequency up-conversion for enhancing energy harvesting from low-frequency vibration sources. According to their working mechanisms, the existing methods are classified into three categories: impact-based, plucking-based, and snap-through-based approaches. The working ...
This work presents a novel bird-shaped broadband piezoelectric energy harvester based on a two-DOF crossed beam for low-frequency environmental vibrations. The harvester features a cantilever mounted on a double-hinged beam, whose rotating motions effectively diminish its natural frequencies. Numerical simulation based on the finite element …
Researchers at Scotland''s Heriot-Watt University have developed a waterless self-cleaning technology for PV panels which involves vibration to remove dust and sand by exciting fundamental ...
Detailed analysis of vibration frequency, direction, and their impact on heat transfer dynamics offers new insights for optimizing thermal storage devices, paving the way for...
Vibration energy harvesters must resonate at a certain frequency and level of vibration to maximise energy output; however, the frequency and level of vibration in the environment is often variable and not …
To address the poor performance of vibration energy harvesters (VEHs) at low-frequency, Lee et al. first proposed the frequency up-conversion (FUC) technique in 2007, which captures low-frequency vibration energy by converting it into higher-frequency vibrations [21]. The energy …
Detailed analysis of vibration frequency, direction, and their impact on heat transfer dynamics offers new insights for optimizing thermal storage devices, paving the way …
The oscillator frequency is tuned through a successive-approximation algorithm within 11 comparator cycles. The 180 nm chip has a maximum efficiency of 87% at an input …
The energy conversion mechanism based on ambient vibration is electrostatic (ES), electromagnetic (EM), piezoelectric (PE), and triboelectric [22,23,24,25,26,27] terms of the electrostatic mechanism, Naruse et al. [] present a low-frequency electrostatic micro-vibrational energy harvester (VEH) supported by microspheres.The result shows that the …
Solar thermal storage systems are pivotal for utilizing clean energy, yet their broader adoption is hindered by the limitations in efficiency and performance of thermal storage devices. This study explores an innovative approach to improve the efficacy and functionality of phase change materials (PCM) within storage devices by synergistically combining vibration …
Vibratory energy harvesting devices may have narrow resonance bands in a particular environment, and their own intrinsic frequency is difficult to regulate during operation. In order to solve this problem, many scholars have worked on widening the operating bands or making the system generate multiple operating bands [45, 46].
By converting solar, mechanical vibration, magnetic field, etc. into electricity, WSNs can sustain in a harsh environment without any maintenances. Researches on self-powered WSN techniques can be categorized into three directions: (1) Analyze physical properties of environmental energy sources and design of energy transducers [1, 2], which …
The energy storage adaptive control strategy combines the characteristics of virtual synchronous machine technology and battery energy storage systems to effectively utilize energy storage resources to support …
Integrating renewable energy sources into power systems is crucial for achieving global decarbonization goals, with wind energy experiencing the most growth due to technological advances and cost reductions. However, large-scale wind farm integration presents challenges in balancing power generation and demand, mainly due to wind variability and the …
A significant challenge in harvesting energy from transportation and mechanical vibrations is that most vibration sources in these contexts exhibit low-frequency distributions or present as impact forms, for instance, vibrations from vehicles on urban roads, impacts from speed bumps, and operational vibrations from mechanical equipment in factories. The low-frequency and impact …
To address the poor performance of vibration energy harvesters (VEHs) at low-frequency, Lee et al. first proposed the frequency up-conversion (FUC) technique in 2007, which captures low-frequency vibration energy by converting it into higher-frequency vibrations [21]. The energy from these higher-frequency vibrations is then converted into electricity through mechanisms such …
Külah et al. present an electromagnetic VEH that converts a low-frequency vibration into a higher-frequency vibration through frequency conversion technology. The maximum output voltage and power obtained by VEH at a natural frequency of 64 Hz are 6 mV and 120 nW, respectively. Peihong Wang
Converting energy from overhead transmission line vibrations using a low-frequency and low-amplitude harvester in a smart grid December 2023 Frontiers in Energy Research 11
Detailed analysis of vibration frequency, direction, and their impact on heat transfer dynamics offers new insights for optimizing thermal storage devices, paving the way for broader applications in harnessing clean energy.
Külah et al. present an electromagnetic VEH that converts a low-frequency vibration into a higher-frequency vibration through frequency conversion technology. The maximum output voltage and power obtained by …
including storage from low-frequency non-periodic bridge vibrations . Sumit Balguvhar1, Suresh Bhalla1,* and Chee-Kiong Soh2,3. 1Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology ...
Investigated nanofluids and vibration effects to boost solar collector efficiency. Efficiency increased by 83% with SiO 2 /acetone at 82 Hz mechanical vibration. Efficiency …
Herein, we propose a MEMS multimodal vibration energy harvester with specifically cascaded flexible PDMS and "zigzag" silicon beams to simultaneously lower the resonant frequency to the ...
Vibration energy harvesters must resonate at a certain frequency and level of vibration to maximise energy output; however, the frequency and level of vibration in the environment is often variable and not quite suited to sustained resonance, thus having a significant impact on the performance of vibration power capture.
Vibratory energy harvesting devices may have narrow resonance bands in a particular environment, and their own intrinsic frequency is difficult to regulate during …
The oscillator frequency is tuned through a successive-approximation algorithm within 11 comparator cycles. The 180 nm chip has a maximum efficiency of 87% at an input available power of 20 μW (input voltage of 0.6 V), and has an output voltage of 1.5 V.
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