Switched-mode load impedance synthesis to parametrically tune electromagnetic vibration energy harvesters

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 603-610

  Bowden, James A ^a   Burrow, Stephen G ^a   Cammarano, Andrea ^a   Clare, Lindsay R ^a   Mitcheson, Paul D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AC DC power converters; boost converter; energy harvesting; low power electronics; rectifiers

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

AC-DC POWER CONVERTERS; BOOST CONVERTER; ELECTROMAGNETIC VIBRATIONS; LOAD IMPEDANCE; SWITCHED-MODE;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 84908446950     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2014.2325825     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. J. Kim, Y. H. Ryu, and S. B. Choi, "New shunting parameter tuning method for piezoelectric damping based on measured electrical impedance," J. Smart Mater. Struct., vol. 9, pp. 868-877, 2000.
2. C. L. Davis and G. A. Lesieutre, "An actively tuned solid-state vibration absorber using capacitive shunting of piezoelectric stiffness," J. Sound Vib., vol. 232, pp. 601-617, 2000.
3. W. J.Wu,Y. Y. Chen,B. S. Lee, J. J. He, andY. T. Peng, "Tunable resonant frequency power harvesting devices," Proc. SPIE, vol. 6169, pp. A1-1-61690A-1-616901-8, 2006.
4. J. M. Renno, M. F. Daqaq, and D. J. Inman, "On the optimal energy harvesting from a vibration source," J. Sound Vib., vol. 320, pp. 386-405, 2009.
5. G. Lesieutre, G. Ottman, and H. Hofmann, "Damping as a result of piezoelectric energy harvesting," J. Sound Vib., vol. 269, pp. 991-1001, 2004.
6. D. Guyomar and A. Badel, "Nonlinear semi-passive multimodal vibration damping: An efficient probabilistic approach," J. Sound Vib., vol. 294, pp. 249-268, 2006.
7. S. Cheng, N. Wang, and D. P. Arnold, "Modeling of magnetic vibrational energy harvesters using equivalent circuit representations," J. Micromech. Microeng., vol. 17, no. 11, pp. 2328-2335, Nov. 2007.
8. A. Cammarano, S. G. Burrow, D. A. W. Barton, A. Carrella, and L. R. Clare, "Tuning a resonant energy harvester using a generalized electrical load," J. Smart Mater. Struct., vol. 19, no. 5, p. 055003, Mar. 2010. [Online]. Available: IOP Science, doi:10.1088/0964-1726/19/5/055003 [Accessed: 11 Jun. 2014].
9. D. Zhu, S. Roberts, T. Mouille, M. J. Tudor, and S. Beeby, "General modelwith experimental validation of electrical resonant frequency tuning of electromagnetic vibration energy harvesters," J. Smart Mater. Struct., vol. 21, no. 10, p. 105039, Sep. 2012. [Online]. Available: IOP Science, doi:10.1088/0964-1726/21/10/105039 [Accessed: 11 Jun. 2014].
10. P. D. Mitcheson, K. H.Wong, T. T. Toh, S. G. Burrow, and A. S. Holmes, "Tuning the resonant frequency and damping of an electromagnetic energy harvester using power electronics," IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. II, Exp. Briefs, vol. 58, no. 12, pp. 792-796, Dec. 2011.
11. N. Stephen, "On energy harvesting from ambient vibration," J. Sound Vib., vol. 293, pp. 409-425, 2006.
12. G. D. Szarka, S. G. Burrow, P. Proynov, and B. H. Stark, "Maximum power transfer tracking for ultra-low-power electromagnetic energy harvesters," IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 201-212, Jan. 2014.
13. A. Antoniou, "Realisation of gyrators using operational amplifiers, and their use in RC-active-network synthesis," Proc. Inst. Electr. Eng., vol. 116, no. 11, pp. 1838-1850, Nov. 1969.
14. G. Szarka, B. Stark, and S. Burrow, "Review of power management for kinetic energy harvesting systems," IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 803-815, Feb. 2012.
15. J. A. Bowden, L. Clare, and S. Burrow, "Unity power factor correction for electromagnetic vibration harvesters," in Proc. PowerMEMS, Leuven, Belgium, 2010, p. 151-154.
16. S. G. Burrow, P. H. Mellor, P. Churn, T. Sawata, and M. Holme, "Sensorless operation of a permanent magnet generator for aircraft," IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 101-107, Jan./Feb. 2008.
17. J. Kim and Y. C. Jung, "Broadband noise reduction of smart panel using piezoelectric negative-capacitive-converter shunt circuit," J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., vol. 120, no. 4, pp. 2017-2025, Oct. 2006.