Scavenging vibration energy directly from environments is an attractive technique for potentially powering small and/or wireless electronic devices in a smart structure and system.In this paper,a novel broadband vibra...Scavenging vibration energy directly from environments is an attractive technique for potentially powering small and/or wireless electronic devices in a smart structure and system.In this paper,a novel broadband vibration energy harvester is designed and analyzed,which consists of three cantilever beams,two magnetoelectric(ME) transducers and a magnetic circuit.A theoretical model is developed to analyze the effects of the structure parameters on the frequency response and the electrical output for achieving the optimal vibration energy harvesting performances.A prototype is fabricated and tested.The experimental results show that the harvester has a bandwidth of 7.2 Hz and an average power of 0.21 mW at an acceleration of 0.2 g(with g=9.8 ms-2).展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No 50830202)
文摘Scavenging vibration energy directly from environments is an attractive technique for potentially powering small and/or wireless electronic devices in a smart structure and system.In this paper,a novel broadband vibration energy harvester is designed and analyzed,which consists of three cantilever beams,two magnetoelectric(ME) transducers and a magnetic circuit.A theoretical model is developed to analyze the effects of the structure parameters on the frequency response and the electrical output for achieving the optimal vibration energy harvesting performances.A prototype is fabricated and tested.The experimental results show that the harvester has a bandwidth of 7.2 Hz and an average power of 0.21 mW at an acceleration of 0.2 g(with g=9.8 ms-2).