Rotational energy harvesting for self-powered sensing

H Fu, X Mei, D Yurchenko, S Zhou, S Theodossiades… - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
Advances in wireless sensors, biomedical devices, and micro-robotics exert more pressure
on creating reliable, miniaturized, and self-sustained energy supply solutions for these micro …

A review of rotary piezoelectric energy harvesters

L Liu, L He, Y Han, X Zheng, B Sun, G Cheng - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the great potential of rotary piezoelectric energy harvesters in environmental
monitoring and energy harvesting, a great deal of research has been conducted by scholars …

Enhancing energy harvesting in low-frequency rotational motion by a quad-stable energy harvester with time-varying potential wells

X Mei, S Zhou, Z Yang, T Kaizuka, K Nakano - Mechanical Systems and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In recent years, various nonlinear energy harvesters have been designed and investigated
for efficiently harvesting energy in rotational motions, and they were aimed to provide …

Rotational nonlinear double-beam energy harvesting

ZQ Lu, FY Zhang, HL Fu, H Ding… - Smart Materials and …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents an investigation of the performance of a coupled rotational double-
beam energy harvester (DBEH) with magnetic nonlinearity. Two spring-connected cantilever …

Analytical and experimental investigation of the centrifugal softening and stiffening effects in rotational energy harvesting

S Fang, S Wang, S Zhou, Z Yang, WH Liao - Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2020 - Elsevier
Depending on its mounting orientation, the rotational piezoelectric harvester can be
subjected to the centrifugal softening or stiffening effects, which may pose a positive or …

Magnetic frequency modulation mechanism of a non-contact magnetism-toggled rotary energy harvester coupling piezoelectric effect

C Hou, X Shan, X Zhang, Z Min, H Song… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Harvesting Energy from the ambient environment is a promising technology for promoting
the development of the wireless sensor network or portable electronic devices. In this work …

A rotational piezoelectric energy harvester based on trapezoid beam: Simulation and experiment

JX Wang, WB Su, JC Li, CM Wang - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Rotational piezoelectric energy harvesters which can directly convert mechanical energy
into electrical energy are considered as one of the most attractive harvesters for self …

A rotational hybrid energy harvester utilizing bistability for low-frequency applications: Modelling and experimental validation

J Xing, S Fang, X Fu, WH Liao - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rotational energy harvesting is one of the promising approaches for realizing self-powered
wireless sensor networks. Incorporation of hybrid energy sources and geometric bistable …

Improving the gravity-rotation-excited vibration energy harvesting in offset configurations

Y Wang, Y Zhao, Y Tian, D Cao, Z Yang - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The self-powered sensing technology based on gravity-rotation-excited vibration energy
harvesting (GRE-VEH) enables information acquisition directly from rotatory machines …

Array piezoelectric energy harvester with frequency up-conversion in rotational motions: theoretical analyses and experimental validations

X Mei, R Dong, F Sun, R Zhou, S Zhou - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
Piezoelectric energy harvesters (PEHs) have attracted great attention to solve the power
supply issue of wireless sensors in rotational motions. PEHs based on smart structures and …