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Title Vibration energy harvester with double frequency-up conversion mechanism for self-powered sensing system in smart city
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Authors Luo, AX; Xu, WH; Sun, JY; Xi, KL; Tang, SY; Guo, XE; Lee, CK; Wang, F
Title Vibration energy harvester with double frequency-up conversion mechanism for self-powered sensing system in smart city
Year 2023
Published
DOI 10.1016/j.nanoen.2022.108030
Abstract This paper has proposed a vibration energy harvester (VEH) with double frequency-up conversion (FUC) mechanism which can be applied to harvest energy from vibrations at ultra-low frequency. The device can initially up-convert the external vibrations with sub-Hertz into tens of Hertz, and further convert to hundreds of Hertz by the second FUC mechanism, which gives a high conversion ratio of 8400. A comprehensive dynamic model has been proposed and verified both from the theoretical analysis and COMSOL simulation to analyze the frequency conversion process and output voltage. When excited by a frequency of 0.2 Hz, an average output power of 75 mu W could be obtained with a compact size. Benefiting from the non-contact design, the device could be applied in some sealed scenarios for smart city construction. Herein, a wireless humid-temperature sensor node in the pipeline was successfully powered by harvesting energy from humans walking with the proposed VEH, showing promising application prospects.
Author Keywords Vibration energy harvester; Energy harvesting at low frequency; Frequency -up conversion; Self -powered sensing; Smart city
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:000934840800003
WoS Category Chemistry, Physical; Nanoscience & Nanotechnology; Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Physics, Applied
Research Area Chemistry; Science & Technology - Other Topics; Materials Science; Physics
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