Design of a Two-Degree-of-Freedom Mechanical Oscillator for Multidirectional Vibration Energy Harvesting to Power Wireless Sensor Nodes

Autor: Hossein Shabanalinezhad, Cesare Svelto, Piero Malcovati, Gianluca Gatti
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Sensors, Vol 24, Iss 14, p 4531 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1424-8220
DOI: 10.3390/s24144531
Popis: Converting otherwise wasted kinetic energy present in the environment into usable electrical energy to power wireless sensor nodes, is a green strategy to avoid the use of batteries and wires. Most of the energy harvesters presented in the literature are based on the exploitation of a one-degree-of-freedom arrangement, consisting of a tuned spring-mass system oscillating in the main direction of the exciting vibration source. However, if the direction of excitation changes, the efficiency of the harvester decreases. This paper thus proposes the idea of a curved cantilever beam with a two-degree-of-freedom arrangement, where the two bending natural frequencies of the mechanical resonator are designed to be equal. This is thought to lead to a configuration design that can be used in practical circumstances where excitation varies its direction in the plane. This, in turn, may possibly lead to a more effective energy-harvesting solution to power nodes in a wireless sensor network.
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