Ultra-low frequency vibration energy harvesting: Mechanisms, enhancement techniques, and scaling laws

R Sun, S Zhou, L Cheng - Energy Conversion and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
With the increasing demand for clean and sustainable energy, self-powered technologies
based on environmental vibrations have attracted a lot of attention recently. Natural vibration …

Internal resonance vibration-based energy harvesting

LQ Chen, Y Fan - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
Taking advantage of undesirable ambient vibration resources, vibration-based energy
harvesters (VEHs) aim to power smart electronic devices by converting kinetic energy into …

Wake galloping piezoelectric-electromagnetic hybrid ocean wave energy harvesting with oscillating water column

X Du, H Chen, C Li, Z Li, W Wang, D Guo, H Yu… - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
On-site continuous and energy-autonomous wireless sensor nodes are highly desirable for
the sustainable monitoring of the ocean environment. In this work, a wake galloping …

Nonlinear dynamics of a compact and multistable mechanical energy harvester

LG Costa, MA Savi - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
The use of smart materials as transducers in mechanical energy harvesting systems has
gained significant attention in recent years. Despite the numerous proposed solutions in the …

Multi-degrees of freedom energy harvesting for broad-band vibration frequency range: A review

MM Ahmad, NM Khan, FU Khan - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2022 - Elsevier
The world is going towards automation and data collection for decision-making is becoming
important with each passing day. The sensors used for data collection are combined with …

Self-powered SECE piezoelectric energy harvesting induced by shock excitations for sensor supply

YC Lo, YC Shu - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2022 - Elsevier
The article studies the piezoelectric frequency up-converted energy harvester endowed with
an SP-SECE (self-powered synchronized electric charge extraction) interface circuit. The …

A piezoelectric energy harvester for freight train condition monitoring system with the hybrid nonlinear mechanism

Z Wang, W Wang, L Tang, R Tian, C Wang… - … Systems and Signal …, 2022 - Elsevier
To improve operational safety and system reliability, real-time wireless health monitoring
systems are necessary for freight trains. However, due to the lack of onboard power and …

Frequency up-conversion for vibration energy harvesting: A review

X Li, G Hu, Z Guo, J Wang, Y Yang, J Liang - Symmetry, 2022 - mdpi.com
A considerable amount of ambient vibration energy spreads over an ultra-low frequency
spectrum. However, conventional resonant-type linear energy harvesters usually operate …

A piezo stack energy harvester with frequency up-conversion for rail track vibration

G Shan, M Zhu - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2022 - Elsevier
To enable predictive and preventive maintenance in rail transportation systems, energy
harvesting is a promising powering method. Piezoelectric energy harvesters have great …

Harvesting weak vibration energy by amplified inertial force and multi-stable buckling piezoelectric structure

Q Liu, W Qin, Y Yang, Z Zhou - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2023 - Elsevier
One of the main challenges in vibration energy harvesting is to improve the efficiency for low-
frequency and weak ambient vibration. A desired harvester should own a broadband …