Paper Info
Title
Performance of An Electromagnetic Energy Harvester with Linear and Nonlinear Springs under Real Vibrations.
Abstract
The introduction of nonlinearities into energy harvesting in order to improve the performance of linear harvesters has attracted a lot of research attention recently. The potential benefits of nonlinear harvesters have been evaluated under sinusoidal or random excitation. In this paper, the performances of electromagnetic energy harvesters with linear and nonlinear springs are investigated under real vibration data. Compared to previous studies, the parameters of linear and nonlinear harvesters used in this paper are more realistic and fair for comparison since they are extracted from existing devices and restricted to similar sizes and configurations. The simulation results showed that the nonlinear harvester did not generate higher power levels than its linear counterpart regardless of the excitation category. Additionally, the effects of nonlinearities were only available under a high level of acceleration. The paper also points out some design concerns when harvesters are subjected to real vibrations.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.3390/s20195456
SENSORS
Keywords
DocType
Volume
energy harvester,electromagnetic,real vibration,nonlinearities
Journal
20
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
19
1424-8220
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Tra Nguyen Phan100.68
Sebastian Bader245.73
B Oelmann37721.78