Pendulum-based vibration energy harvesting: Mechanisms, transducer integration, and applications

T Wang - Energy Conversion and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Vibration energy harvesting is a promising approach to provide wireless sensors and
portable electronics with sustainable power by converting ambient kinetic energy into …

A review of nonlinear piezoelectric energy harvesting interface circuits in discrete components

B Zhang, H Liu, S Zhou, J Gao - Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 2022 - Springer
Piezoelectric energy harvesting is considered as an ideal power resource for low-power
consumption gadgets in vibrational environments. The energy extraction efficiency depends …

A motion capturing and energy harvesting hybridized lower‐limb system for rehabilitation and sports applications

S Gao, T He, Z Zhang, H Ao, H Jiang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Lower‐limb motion monitoring is highly desired in various application scenarios ranging
from rehabilitation to sports training. However, there still lacks a cost‐effective, energy …

Vibration energy harvesting using magnetic spring based nonlinear oscillators: Design strategies and insights

HT Nguyen, DA Genov, H Bardaweel - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The rising technologies of wearable electronics resulted in urgent demand for developing
eco-friendly power sources that can utilize free energies around us including ambient …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling of the vibration and stability of a dynamical system coupled with an energy harvesting device

MK Abohamer, J Awrejcewicz, TS Amer - Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper studies the vibrational motion of a dynamical system connected to an
electromagnetic device, which is one of the energy harvesting (EH) devices that transform …

Design and numerical investigation of an ultra-wide bandwidth rolling magnet bistable electromagnetic harvester

W Wang, Y Zhang, ZH Wei, J Cao - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
To realize broadband energy harvesting at low-frequency excitation, this paper proposes a
rolling magnet bistable electromagnetic harvester (RM-BEH) which utilizes the rolling motion …

Self-powered wireless sensor system for water monitoring based on low-frequency electromagnetic-pendulum energy harvester

M Li, Y Zhang, K Li, Y Zhang, K Xu, X Liu, S Zhong… - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Using wireless sensor network technology to monitor water quality has the advantages of
high real-time and low cost, which is very helpful for preventing water pollution. However …

[HTML][HTML] Scalable pendulum energy harvester for unmanned surface vehicles

J Graves, Y Kuang, M Zhu - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a novel pendulum energy harvester design for converting energy of
low frequency ambient vibration, such as that found in unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) …

[HTML][HTML] Counterweight-pendulum energy harvester with reduced resonance frequency for unmanned surface vehicles

J Graves, Y Kuang, M Zhu - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, a novel electromagnetic pendulum energy harvester with a counterweight is
designed to harvest low frequency vibration from ocean waves for unmanned surface …

A cantilever-driven rotor for efficient vibration energy harvesting

Q Tan, K Fan, J Guo, T Wen, L Gao, S Zhou - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The pervasive renewable vibration energy has been considered as a promising alternative
to electrochemical energy of batteries for powering wireless sensors and wearable …