Energy harvesting from human and machine motion for wireless electronic devices

PD Mitcheson, EM Yeatman, GK Rao… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Energy harvesting generators are attractive as inexhaustible replacements for batteries in
low-power wireless electronic devices and have received increasing research interest in …

Energizing wireless sensor networks by energy harvesting systems: Scopes, challenges and approaches

ASMZ Kausar, AW Reza, MU Saleh… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2014 - Elsevier
As the wireless sensor networks (WSNs) technology has great advancement, small and
smart WSN systems now can be used for more complicated and challenging applications …

Hexagonally poled lithium niobate: a two-dimensional nonlinear photonic crystal

NGR Broderick, GW Ross, HL Offerhaus… - Physical review …, 2000 - APS
We report on the fabrication of what we believe is the first example of a two-dimensional
(2D) nonlinear photonic crystal [Berger, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 4136 (1998)], where the …

Optimization of an electromagnetic energy harvesting device

CR Saha, T O'Donnell, H Loder… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the modeling and optimization of an electromagnetic-based generator
for generating power from ambient vibrations. Basic equations describing such generators …

Design and optimization of a linear vibration-driven electromagnetic micro-power generator

T von Büren, G Tröster - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2007 - Elsevier
We present design and optimization of a linear electromagnetic generator suitable to supply
power to body-worn sensor nodes. The design is based on an air-cored tubular architecture …

Vibration power generator for a linear MR damper

B Sapiński - Smart Materials and Structures, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
The paper describes the structure and the results of numerical calculations and
experimental tests of a newly developed vibration power generator for a linear …

Experimental comparison of macro and micro scale electromagnetic vibration powered generators

SP Beeby, MJ Tudor, RN Torah, S Roberts… - Microsystem …, 2007 - Springer
Electromagnetic vibration powered generators convert kinetic energy present in the
application environment into electric energy. Such generators may be used as an alternative …

Power output enhancement of a vibration-driven electret generator for wireless sensor applications

T Masaki, K Sakurai, T Yokoyama, M Ikuta… - Journal of …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
We developed a compact vibration-driven electret generator that excelled at a power output.
It succeeded in the operation of wireless sensor modules only on electricity from electret …

Vibration energy harvesting to power condition monitoring sensors for industrial and manufacturing equipment

AC Waterbury, PK Wright - Proceedings of the Institution of …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
To enable self-sustaining long-lasting wireless condition monitoring sensors, a small
mechanical vibration energy harvester using electromagnetic transduction was constructed …

Fabrication of a vibration-driven electromagnetic energy harvester with integrated NdFeB/Ta multilayered micro-magnets

Y Jiang, S Masaoka, T Fujita, M Uehara… - Journal of …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper describes the fabrication of MEMS-based electromagnetic energy harvesters for
scavenging energy from the ambient vibration. The novel energy harvester is fabricated by …