Energy Harvesting

Performance Testing of a Low Power Consumption Wireless Sensor Communication System Integrated with an Energy Harvesting Power Source

This paper presents the performance testing results of a wireless sensor communication system with low power consumption integrated with a vibration energy harvesting power source. The experiments focus on the system’s capability to perform …

Experimental characterisation of macro fibre composites and monolithic piezoelectric transducers for strain energy Harvesting

Compact and lightweight energy harvesters are needed to power wireless sensor nodes (WSNs). WSNs can provide health monitoring of aircraft structures, improving safety and reducing costs by enabling predictive maintenance. A simple solution, which …

Analytical Modelling of a Plucked Piezoelectric Bimorph for Energy Harvesting

Energy Harvesting (Energy Harvesting) is a multidisciplinary research area, involving physics, materials science and engineering, with the objective of providing renewable sources of sufficient power to operate targeted low-power applications. …

Characterization of a rotary piezoelectric energy harvester based on plucking excitation for knee-joint wearable applications

Wearable medical and electronic devices demand a similarly wearable electrical power supply.Human-based piezoelectric energy harvesters may be the solution, but the mismatch between thetypical frequencies of human activities and the optimal operating …

Harvesting energy from the dynamic deformation of an aircraft wing under gust loading

Weight reduction and maintenance simplification are high in the agenda of companies and researchers active in the aerospace sector. Energy harvesters are being investigated because they enable the installation of wireless sensor nodes, providing …

The pizzicato knee-joint energy harvester: characterization with biomechanical data and the effect of backpack load

The reduced power requirements of miniaturized electronics offer the opportunity to create devices which rely on energy harvesters for their power supply. In the case of wearable devices, human-based piezoelectric energy Harvesting is particularly …

Plucked piezoelectric bimorphs for knee-joint energy Harvesting: modelling and experimental validation

The modern drive towards mobility and wireless devices is motivating intensive research in energy harvesting technologies. To reduce the battery burden on people, we propose the adoption of a frequency up-conversion strategy for a new piezoelectric …

Green nano-enabled solutions for local energy networks

Pizzicato excitation for wearable energy harvesters

A new technique based on the plucking of flexible piezoelectric material can be used to boost energy harvested to power portable electronic devices.

Plucked piezoelectric bimorphs for energy Harvesting applications