A review of flow-induced vibration energy harvesters

X Ma, S Zhou - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of wireless sensor networks, medical equipment, and
microelectromechanical systems, providing clean and self-sustained energy for these …

Energy harvesting by means of flow-induced vibrations on aerospace vehicles

D Li, Y Wu, A Da Ronch, J Xiang - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the design, implementation, and demonstration of energy harvesting
devices that exploit flow-induced vibrations as the main source of energy. Starting with a …

High-performance piezoelectric wind energy harvester with Y-shaped attachments

J Wang, S Zhou, Z Zhang, D Yurchenko - Energy conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In order to improve wind energy harvesting performance, this paper proposes a novel high-
performance piezoelectric wind energy harvester with Y-shaped attachments on the bluff …

Perspectives in flow-induced vibration energy harvesting

J Wang, D Yurchenko, G Hu, L Zhao, L Tang… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Flow-induced vibration (FIV) energy harvesting has attracted extensive research interest in
the past two decades. Remarkable research achievements and contributions from different …

An impact-based broadband aeroelastic energy harvester for concurrent wind and base vibration energy harvesting

L Zhao, Y Yang - Applied Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a novel broadband energy harvester to concurrently harvest energy
from base vibrations and wind flows by utilizing a mechanical stopper. A problem for a …

A comb-like beam based piezoelectric system for galloping energy harvesting

G Hu, J Wang, L Tang - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a comb-like beam (CombBeam) based piezoelectric energy harvester
(PEH) for harvesting wind energy by exploiting the galloping mechanism. The CombBeam …

A rotational piezoelectric energy harvester for efficient wind energy harvesting

J Zhang, Z Fang, C Shu, J Zhang, Q Zhang… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2017 - Elsevier
A rotational piezoelectric energy harvester for efficiently harvesting wind energy is
developed. The piezoelectric (PVDF) beam generates electricity using the impact-induced …

Magnetic coupling and flextensional amplification mechanisms for high-robustness ambient wind energy harvesting

LC Zhao, HX Zou, G Yan, FR Liu, T Tan, KX Wei… - Energy Conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Harvesting wind energy is becoming increasingly significant for its availability and
abundance in the ambient environment, which is a promising strategy to develop self …

A quasi-zero stiffness two degree-of-freedom nonlinear galloping oscillator for ultra-low wind speed aeroelastic energy harvesting

S Chen, L Zhao - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Inspired by the capability of quasi-zero stiffness (QZS) nonlinearity to maintain a low
dynamic natural frequency in vibration isolation and considering the easy manipulation of …

A synergetic hybrid mechanism of piezoelectric and triboelectric for galloping wind energy harvesting

Q Wang, HX Zou, LC Zhao, M Li, KX Wei… - Applied Physics …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Small-scale wind energy harvesting, which can replace batteries to power small electronic
devices and realize self-powered systems, has been extensively studied. To improve the …