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A bistable energy harvester for self-powered sensing in rail transport condition monitoring

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posted on 2021-10-11, 08:57 authored by Hailing Fu, Yuan Zhang, Mengzhou Liu, Yong Qin, Eric M. Yeatman
A bistable vibration energy harvester for rail transport is proposed and developed to harness low-frequency train vibrations for self-powered condition monitoring. The operational vibration data collected from a train is analyzed to identify the design requirements. A free-sliding magnet is placed in a tube with two fixed magnets and limit springs to provide two stable positions for the movable magnet. This bistable behavior enhances the energy harvesting performance and operational bandwidth. A prototype was fabricated and tested using conditions similar to the real train operational conditions. A broad operation bandwidth (20 - 40 Hz) was obtained due to bi-stability. A peak output power of 1.1 mW was measured at 30 Hz and 6g with a 600 \Omega resistive load.

Funding

International Exchanges programme (IEC\NSFC\181655) funded by the Royal Society, UK and the National Natural Science Foundation of China

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School

  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Published in

2021 21st International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers)

Pages

140 - 143

Source

21st International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers)

Publisher

IEEE

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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© IEEE

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Publication date

2021-08-06

Copyright date

2021

ISBN

9781665412674

eISSN

2167-0021

Language

  • en

Location

Orlando, FL, USA

Event dates

20-24 June 2021

Depositor

Dr Hailing Fu. Deposit date: 8 October 2021

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