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Improving the energy conversion efficiency of piezoelectric energy harvesters is of great importance, and one approach is to make more uniform use of the working material by ensuring a uniform strain state. To achieve better performance,…
In this thesis, a piezoelectric wind energy harvester is proposed for bacterial disinfection of drinking water. A mathematical model of a piezoelectric wind energy harvester is developed to predict the electrical energy from the wind…
We present an experimental and numerical study of a piezoelectric energy harvester driven by broadband vibrations. This device can extract power from random fluctuations and can be described by a stochastic model, based on an underdamped…
In our work we examine the influence of background stochastic excitations on the power output generated by the energy harvester. The harvesting device we considered is composed of two small magnets, attached to piezoelastic oscillators,…
Non-linear techniques are used to optimize the harvested energy from piezoelectric and electromagnetic generators. This paper introduces an analytical study for the voltage amplification obtained from these techniques. The analytical study…
Vibration Energy Harvesting is an emerging technology aimed at turning mechanical energy from vibrations into electricity to power microsystems of the future. Most of present vibration energy harvesters are based on a mass spring structure…
Vibrational energy harvesters capture mechanical energy from ambient vibrations and convert the mechanical energy into electrical energy to power wireless electronic systems. Challenges exist in the process of capturing mechanical energy…
An electrostatic in-plane overlap varying energy harvester is modeled and simulated using a circuit simulator. Both linear and nonlinear models are investigated. The nonlinear model includes mechanical stoppers at the displacement extremes.…
Energy harvesting (EH) 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.…
Ambient energy harvesting has been in recent years the recurring object of a number of research efforts aimed at providing an autonomous solution to the powering of small-scale electronic mobile devices. Among the different solutions,…
This work studies a broadband graded metamaterial, which integrates the piezoelectric energy harvesting function targeting low-frequency structural vibrations, lying below 100 Hz. The device combines a graded metamaterial with beam-like…
This work introduces a novel methodology to assess the performance of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters (PEHs) in order to study auxetic enhancement possibilities. For this purpose, a new approach for evaluating the intrinsic effective…
In the studies of piezoelectric energy harvesting (PEH) systems, literature has shown that circuit advancement has a significant effect on the enhancement of energy harvesting capability in resonance. On the other hand, some recent studies…
Integration of structures and functions allowed reducing electric consumptions of sensors, actuators and electronic devices. Therefore, it is now possible to imagine low-consumption devices able to harvest their energy in their surrounding…
This study presents the simulation, experimentation, and design considerations of a Poly(vinylidene fluoride co-trifluoroethylene)/ Polyethylene Terephthalate (PVDF-TrFe / PET), laser-cut, flexible piezoelectric energy harvester. It is…
This study introduces a two-degree-of-freedom piezoelectric energy harvester designed to harness rotational motion as an energy source. The harvester is built using a cut-out beam, which enables the first two resonant frequencies to be…
The goal of this research is to increase the bandwidth (BW) over which substantial energy can be harvested using a piezoelectric energy harvester (PEH). The key innovation is the use of bias-flip (BF) electronics at the output of a PEH…
Energy Harvesting technologies will play a fundamental role in the development of the next generation of electronic systems as well as in advancing the development of sustainable infrastructure. One of the critical challenges in EH is…
Due to the rapid growth in demand for power for sensing devices located in remote locations, scientists' attention has been drawn to vibration energy harvesting as an alternative to batteries. As a result of over two decades of micro-scale…
Ease of miniaturization, and less or no maintenance, among other advantages, have pushed towards replacement of conventional batteries with energy harvesters in particular, vibratory energy harvesters. In the recent years, nonlinearity has…