A Review on Kinetic Energy Harvesting with Focus on 3D Printed Electromagnetic Vibration Harvesters

Gawron, Philipp; Wendt, Thomas M.; Stiglmeier, Lukas; Hangst, Nikolai; Himmelsbach, Urban B.

doi:10.3390/en14216961

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“…Harvesting energy from the animal body, especially the human body, to power smart electronic wearable devices or medical implants, has been the source of motivation for a large body of energy harvesting research performed in the last two and a half decades [3]. In that sense the human body has been studied extensively, and almost all energy harvesting principles have been applied to the human body with piezoelectric [4], thermoelectric [5], electromagnetic [6], and lately triboelectric energy harvesting [7]. This success has mostly been laboratory based where researchers have been proving constantly over the years that low power electronic devices designed for intermittent measure/transmit/sleep cycles can in fact be powered by some sort of an energy harvesting device.…”

Section: Animal Kinetic Energy Harvesting and The Animal Wearables Ma...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Experimentally optimized and field validated three-dimensional electromagnetic energy harvester for smart farming applications

Blaževic,

Ranta,

Grunewald

et al. 2024

Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems XVIII

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Kinetic energy from vibrations emerging from mechanical systems such as machines and vehicles has been thoroughly studied as a power source in the last two decades. Numerous kinetic energy harvesters have been built to convert human locomotion into electrical power but haven't been implemented on a wide commercial scale. On the other hand, energy harvesters for farm animals haven't been studied as much. In this paper, we present a three-dimensional electromagnetic induction based kinetic energy harvester optimized specifically for cattle wearable applications. All the device parameters are obtained with an empirical optimization procedure by considering specific cattle locomotion characteristics. The prototype is 3-D printed with low friction and impact resistant materials. Finally, the device is tested in a real free grazing scenario with live cattle. The kinetic energy harvester performed well and was able to power the load and transmit animal body temperature data over long distances for up to 7 times/h.

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Section: Animal Kinetic Energy Harvesting and The Animal Wearables Ma...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Experimentally optimized and field validated three-dimensional electromagnetic energy harvester for smart farming applications

Blaževic,

Ranta,

Grunewald

et al. 2024

Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems XVIII

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“…In the literature, there are several studies on the use of 3D printing to create energy harvesters. In most of these works, the printed piece is used as a support and the harvester is assembled later [ 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 ]. In this work, a resonant piezoelectric energy harvester has been designed and manufactured, using 3D printing by hybridizing this technology with a piezoelectric material (PVDF) to achieve a monolithic energy harvester.…”

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Low-Cost Manufacturing of Monolithic Resonant Piezoelectric Devices for Energy Harvesting Using 3D Printing

Duque

Murillo

2023

Nanomaterials

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The rapid increase of the Internet of Things (IoT) has led to significant growth in the development of low-power sensors. However; the biggest challenge in the expansion of the IoT is the energy dependency of the sensors. A promising solution that provides power autonomy to the IoT sensor nodes is energy harvesting (EH) from ambient sources and its conversion into electricity. Through 3D printing, it is possible to create monolithic harvesters. This reduces costs as it eliminates the need for subsequent assembly tools. Thanks to computer-aided design (CAD), the harvester can be specifically adapted to the environmental conditions of the application. In this work, a piezoelectric resonant energy harvester has been designed, fabricated, and electrically characterized. Physical characterization of the piezoelectric material and the final resonator was also performed. In addition, a study and optimization of the device was carried out using finite element modeling. In terms of electrical characterization, it was determined that the device can achieve a maximum output power of 1.46 mW when operated with an optimal load impedance of 4 MΩ and subjected to an acceleration of 1 G. Finally, a proof-of-concept device was designed and fabricated with the goal of measuring the current passing through a wire.

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“…At present, light energy 12 , mechanical energy 13 , 14 , thermal energy 15 , wave energy 16 – 18 , and acoustic energy 19 are the predominant clean energy sources, among which mechanical energy has attracted much attention due to its wide availability and easy conversion. Mechanical energy can generally be converted into electrical energy by electrostatic 20 – 23 , electromagnetic 24 – 27 , piezoelectric 28 – 31 , and triboelectric methods 32 – 35 . In the field of low-frequency vibration energy harvesting (VEH), triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) based on contact electrification and electrostatic induction coupling have been proven to demonstrate excellent output performance 36 – 39 .…”

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Constructing origami power generator from one piece of electret thin film and application in AI-enabled transmission line vibration monitoring

et al. 2023

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One of the crucial issues for applying electret/triboelectric power generators in the Internet of Things (IoT) is to take full advantage of specific high voltage signals and enable self-powered sensing. Therefore, inspired by Miura-origami, we present an innovative origami power generator (OPG) constructed from only one piece of electret thin film. The Miura-origami architecture realizes a generator with excellent deformability and stretchability and makes it unnecessary for any auxiliary support structure during the compress-release cycle. Various parameters of the generator are intensively investigated, including the excitation accelerations, excitation displacements, numbers of power generation units and deformation degree of the device. When stimulated with 5.0 g acceleration at 15 Hz frequency, the generator with 8 generation units can obtain an instantaneous peak-to-peak voltage and a remarkable optimum peak power of 328 V and 2152 μW at 50 MΩ, respectively. In addition, the regulable shape and multiple generation modes of the device greatly improve its applicability in various vibration energy collection requirements. Based on the above results, a hexagonal electret generator integrated with six-phase OPGs is developed as a “Buoy on Sky,” after which the signal waveforms generated from internal power generators are recognized with 92% accuracy through a neural network algorithm that identifies the vibration conditions of transmission lines. This work demonstrates that a fusion of origami art and energy conversion techniques can achieve a multifunctional generator design satisfying the requirements for IoT applications.

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A Review on Kinetic Energy Harvesting with Focus on 3D Printed Electromagnetic Vibration Harvesters

Cited by 11 publications

References 72 publications

Experimentally optimized and field validated three-dimensional electromagnetic energy harvester for smart farming applications

Experimentally optimized and field validated three-dimensional electromagnetic energy harvester for smart farming applications

Low-Cost Manufacturing of Monolithic Resonant Piezoelectric Devices for Energy Harvesting Using 3D Printing

Constructing origami power generator from one piece of electret thin film and application in AI-enabled transmission line vibration monitoring

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