Energy harvesters for rotating systems: Modeling and performance analysis
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Faiz Basheer
Faiz Basheer received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering with Summa Cum Laude honor from the American University of Sharjah in 2020. His main research interests include energy harvesting, energy system analysis, and energy conservation and management.
Elmehaisi Mehaisi received his B.S. degree with a minor in Aerospace Engineering from the American University of Sharjah with Magna Cum Laude honor in 2020. His main research interests are energy harvesting, mechanical design and modelling.
Ahmed Elsergany received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering with Summa Cum Laude honor from the American University of Sharjah in 2020. He is currently pursuing his M.S. degree at the American University of Sharjah. His main research interests include renewable energy and energy harvesting systems.
Ahmed Elsheikh received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering degree with a minor in Aerospace Engineering from the American University of Sharjah with Cum Laude honor in 2020. He is currently pursuing his M.S. degree at the American University of Sharjah. His main research interests include heat transfer and defect size estimation and modeling using thermal prints.
Mehdi Ghommem is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at American University of Sharjah (AUS) since August 2016. He earned his Ph. D. degree in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech, USA in December 2011. He joined AUS after gaining a good experience in industry. I worked as a research scientist with Schlumberger for three years. He was involved in conducting and supporting research projects along with recommending scientific approaches, novel concepts and technical solutions to monitor and control well stimulation operations. Prior to joining Schlumberger, he had a postdoctoral experience in the Center for Numerical Porous Media at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia. His research interests include nonlinear dynamics, model reduction of large dynamical/energy systems, modeling and simulation of MEMS, and flow in porous media. To date, he has published over 60 refereed journal papers and holds 1 granted patent and 3 US patent applications. His research findings have been presented in several international conferences.
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Fehmi Najar
Fehmi Najar is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Tunisia Polytechnic School. He earned his University Habilitation and Ph. D. from National Engineering School of Tunis, in 2012 and 2008, respectively. He obtained MSc. From Ecole Centrale de Paris in 1998. His research interests are focused on the modeling, simulation, and design of mechanical and multiphysical systems with application to micro and nanosystems technologies.
Abstract
An exclusive reliance on batteries for miniature sensors has created the need for a self-sustained energy harvester to enable permanent power. This work introduces a pendulum-based energy harvester that is capable of harnessing kinetic energy from rotating structures to generate electric power through electromagnetic transduction. A computational model of the energy harvesting device is developed on Simscape to compute, analyze and compare the power generation capacities of the single, double and Rott’s pendulum systems. Simulation results are validated against their experimental counterparts reported in the literature. Results show an increase in the output voltage in a specific range of rotational speed for all three pendulum harvesters. The double pendulum exhibits the highest power generation potential among the simulated pendulum arrangements. A parametric study revealed that increasing the damping of the harvester decreased its output power, whereas an increase in mass and length of the harvester is observed to increase the output power and shift the optimal power generation subrange.
Zusammenfassung
Die ausschließliche Abhängigkeit von Batterien zur Versorgung von Miniatursensoren hat die Forschung zu autarken Energieversorgungen über Energie Harvester getrieben. In dieser Arbeit wird ein pendelbasierter Energy Harvester vorgestellt, der in der Lage ist kinetische Energie in rotierenden Strukturen zu nutzen, um über elektromagnetische Energiewandler elektrischen Strom zu erzeugen. Ein physikalisches Berechnungsmodell des Energy-Harvesters wird in der Software Simscape simuliert um die Leistung eines einfachen und eines doppelten Pendels, sowie eines sogenannten Rott’schen Pendelsystems zu berechnen, zu analysieren und zu vergleichen. Die Simulationsergebnisse werden sowohl über Experimente als auch durch Vergleich mit der Literatur validiert. Die Ergebnisse zeigen für alle drei Pendelharvester einen Anstieg der Ausgangsspannung in einem speziellen Bereich der Rotationsgeschwindigkeit. Das Doppelpendel zeigt dabei unter allen simulierten Pendelanordnungen das höchste Potenzial. Eine parametrische Studie ergab, dass eine Erhöhung der Dämpfung des Harvesters die Ausgangsleistung verringert, während eine Erhöhung der Masse und Länge des Harvesters die Ausgangsleistung erhöht und gleichzeitig in einen optimalen Frequenzbereich verschiebt.
Funding source: American University of Sharjah
Award Identifier / Grant number: EN6001
Funding statement: This work was supported by the Undergraduate Research Grant (URG) Program at American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The author M. Ghommem gratefully acknowledges the financial support via the American University of Sharjah Faculty research grant FRG19-M-E26 (fund number EN6001).
About the authors
Faiz Basheer received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering with Summa Cum Laude honor from the American University of Sharjah in 2020. His main research interests include energy harvesting, energy system analysis, and energy conservation and management.
Elmehaisi Mehaisi received his B.S. degree with a minor in Aerospace Engineering from the American University of Sharjah with Magna Cum Laude honor in 2020. His main research interests are energy harvesting, mechanical design and modelling.
Ahmed Elsergany received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering with Summa Cum Laude honor from the American University of Sharjah in 2020. He is currently pursuing his M.S. degree at the American University of Sharjah. His main research interests include renewable energy and energy harvesting systems.
Ahmed Elsheikh received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering degree with a minor in Aerospace Engineering from the American University of Sharjah with Cum Laude honor in 2020. He is currently pursuing his M.S. degree at the American University of Sharjah. His main research interests include heat transfer and defect size estimation and modeling using thermal prints.
Mehdi Ghommem is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at American University of Sharjah (AUS) since August 2016. He earned his Ph. D. degree in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech, USA in December 2011. He joined AUS after gaining a good experience in industry. I worked as a research scientist with Schlumberger for three years. He was involved in conducting and supporting research projects along with recommending scientific approaches, novel concepts and technical solutions to monitor and control well stimulation operations. Prior to joining Schlumberger, he had a postdoctoral experience in the Center for Numerical Porous Media at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia. His research interests include nonlinear dynamics, model reduction of large dynamical/energy systems, modeling and simulation of MEMS, and flow in porous media. To date, he has published over 60 refereed journal papers and holds 1 granted patent and 3 US patent applications. His research findings have been presented in several international conferences.
Fehmi Najar is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Tunisia Polytechnic School. He earned his University Habilitation and Ph. D. from National Engineering School of Tunis, in 2012 and 2008, respectively. He obtained MSc. From Ecole Centrale de Paris in 1998. His research interests are focused on the modeling, simulation, and design of mechanical and multiphysical systems with application to micro and nanosystems technologies.
Conflict of interest: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
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- Spectroscopic impedance measurement front-end for applications in industrial processes
- Investigating peculiarities of piezoelectric detection methods for acoustic plate waves in material characterisation applications
- The investigation of effects of humidity and temperature on torque transducers calibration
- Energy harvesters for rotating systems: Modeling and performance analysis
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Beiträge
- Spectroscopic impedance measurement front-end for applications in industrial processes
- Investigating peculiarities of piezoelectric detection methods for acoustic plate waves in material characterisation applications
- The investigation of effects of humidity and temperature on torque transducers calibration
- Energy harvesters for rotating systems: Modeling and performance analysis
- Systemdesign und Fehlerabschätzung der radio–akustischen Temperaturmessung
- Auswertung und Visualisierung von Daten komplexer Sensorsysteme zur Bestimmung von Geruchsstoffen in wässrigen Lösungen
