Rotational_Energy_Harvesting_Review (16).pdf (8.2 MB)
Rotational energy harvesting for self-powered sensing
journal contribution
posted on 2021-04-09, 13:28 authored by Hailing Fu, Xutao Mei, Daniil Yurchenko, Shengxi Zhou, Stephanos TheodossiadesStephanos Theodossiades, Kimihiko Nakano, Eric M YeatmanAdvances in wireless sensors, biomedical devices and micro-robotics exert more pressure on creating reliable, miniaturized and self-sustained energy supply solutions for
these micro-electromechanical systems. Rotational energy harvesting (REH) is one
of the rapidly growing areas for self-powered electronics using available rotational
energy or energy converted from other sources in the environment. This paper comprehensively reviews the state-of-the-art progress in REH in terms of the available energy characteristics, harvester categories, adopted methodologies and mechanisms and
promising applications. Unique mechanisms and methodologies, such as using gravity and centrifugal force combined with other nonlinear mechanisms are discussed and
characterized. In terms of applications, wearable and implantable devices, automotive,
rotating machines, renewable energy systems and environmental sensing are discussed
and reviewed to illustrate how rotational energy harvesters have been developed and
adopted accordingly. Based on progress to date, the key developments, critical challenges and issues are summarized and discussed. Moving forward, an outlook is presented to outline potential research directions and opportunities in this area.
History
School
- Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering
Published in
JoulePublisher
Cell PressVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publisher statement
This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Joule and the definitive published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2021.03.006Publication date
2021-03-31ISSN
2542-4351Publisher version
Language
- en