Pendulum-based vibration energy harvesting: Mechanisms, transducer integration, and applications

T Wang - Energy Conversion and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Vibration energy harvesting is a promising approach to provide wireless sensors and
portable electronics with sustainable power by converting ambient kinetic energy into …

In-situ wave energy harvesting for unmanned marine devices: A review

F Zeng, T Wang - Ocean Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
It is promising and interesting to supply unmanned marine devices (UMDs) such as data
buoys, unmanned surface vessels, and unmanned underwater vehicles with sustainable …

A wave energy harvesting system based on the double-wing flywheel for unmanned surface vessels

C Dai, X Zhou, Z Zhang, X Wu, H Li, P Xu, Z Jin… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) are increasingly used in environmental protection, safe
search, rescue, and maritime investigations. These USVs are generally battery or diesel …

Design, modeling and experiments of a novel biaxial-pendulum vibration energy harvester

H Lou, T Wang, S Zhu - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Pendulum-based vibration energy harvesting is a promising technology to supply energy for
floating buoys and small ocean vehicles. However, the energy harvester with a uniaxial …

Recent progress on wave energy marine buoys

R Xu, H Wang, Z Xi, W Wang, M Xu - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study aims to introduce and discuss the recent research, development and application
of wave energy marine buoys. The topic becomes increasingly appealing after the …

Recent Progress in Application‐Oriented Self‐Powered Microelectronics

L Qi, L Kong, Y Wang, J Song, A Azam… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
With the rapid development of the Internet of Things (IoTs), numerous distributed wide‐area
low‐power electronic devices have been utilized in various fields, such as wireless …

A high-efficiency wave-powered marine observation buoy: Design, analysis, and experimental tests

LG Wang, H Li, JC Jiang - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Wave-based electricity generation is attracting increasing attention to address the long-term
power supply problem of offshore marine observation buoys. To achieve continuous and …

A rotational energy harvester with a semi-flexible one-way clutch for capturing low-frequency vibration energy

R Li, K Fan, X Ma, T Wen, Q Liu, X Gao, J Zhu, Y Zhang - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Renewable vibration energy is widely distributed in our living environment, but the low-
frequency and irregular features impede its efficient exploitation and practical applications …

An omnidirectional hybrid wind-wave energy harvester based on a coaxial contra-rotation mechanism for unmanned surface vessels

X Wang, M Tang, Y Han, AM Tairab, J Yu, L Han… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, unmanned surface vessel (USV) has become a vital platform for marine
environment investigation. Various monitoring devices are installed on these vessels to …

Development of an electromagnetic energy harvester for ultra-low frequency pitch vibration of unmanned marine devices

T Wang, H Lv, X Wang - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Pitch vibrations can be commonly observed in unmanned marine devices under wave
excitation, but there is relatively little research on harvesting the energy from the pitch …