Renewable energy harvesting by vortex-induced motions: Review and benchmarking of technologies

AB Rostami, M Armandei - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Vortex-induced motions are generally known as destructive phenomena for engineering
structures. Nevertheless, they have a positive effect which is their great potential to extract …

A review of progress and challenges in flapping foil power generation

J Young, JCS Lai, MF Platzer - Progress in aerospace sciences, 2014 - Elsevier
Power may be extracted from a flowing fluid in a variety of ways. Turbines using one or more
oscillating foils are under increasingly active investigation, as an alternative to rotary wind …

Stochastic analysis of a galloping-random wind energy harvesting performance on a buoy platform

K Yang, A Abdelkefi, X Li, Y Mao, L Dai… - Energy Conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
A new concept of a galloping-random wind energy harvester, which is a galloping-based
piezoelectric harvester mounted on a buoy platform is proposed. The galloping-random …

A comprehensive review of nonlinear oscillators in hydrokinetic energy harnessing using flow-induced vibrations

Y Lv, L Sun, MM Bernitsas, H Sun - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
A comprehensive review of hydrokinetic energy converters based on alternating lift
technology (ALT) is provided. Emphasis is on nonlinear oscillators based on Flow Induced …

Flow-induced vibration of two elastically mounted tandem cylinders in cross-flow at subcritical Reynolds numbers

W Xu, C Ji, H Sun, W Ding, MM Bernitsas - Ocean Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
A series of experimental studies on flow-induced vibration (FIV) of two identical elastically
mounted circular cylinders in tandem arrangement were carried out in a low turbulence …

VIV and galloping of single circular cylinder with surface roughness at 3.0× 104≤ Re≤ 1.2× 105

CCJ Chang, RA Kumar, MM Bernitsas - Ocean Engineering, 2011 - Elsevier
Passive Turbulence Control (PTC) in the form of selectively distributed surface roughness is
used to alter Flow Induced Motion (FIM) of a circular cylinder in a steady flow. The objective …

Vortex-Induced Vibration (VIV) hydrokinetic energy harvesting based on nonlinear damping

B Zhang, B Li, S Fu, Z Mao, W Ding - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Vortex-Induced Vibration (VIV) hydrokinetic energy converter can be used to
harvest low-speed ocean current energy. In order to match the nonlinear resonance …

Numerical simulation and experimental validation for energy harvesting of single-cylinder VIVACE converter with passive turbulence control

L Ding, L Zhang, MM Bernitsas, CC Chang - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Flow Induced Motions (FIM) of a single, rigid, circular cylinder on end-springs are
investigated for Reynolds number 30,000< Re< 110,000. Passive Turbulence Control (PTC) …

Collectively exhaustive hybrid triboelectric nanogenerator based on flow‐induced impacting‐sliding cylinder for ocean energy harvesting

JS Kim, J Kim, JN Kim, J Ahn, JH Jeong… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
For the sustainable application of remote sensing and monitoring in the ocean environment,
energy harvesting technology based on flow‐induced vibration is in the spotlight. Herein …

Effect of mass-ratio, damping, and stiffness on optimal hydrokinetic energy conversion of a single, rough cylinder in flow induced motions

H Sun, ES Kim, G Nowakowski, E Mauer… - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Flow Induced Motions (FIMs) of a single, rigid, circular cylinder with end-springs are
investigated for Reynolds number 30,000≤ Re≤ 120,000 with mass ratio, damping, and …