Classifying miniaturised generators

State-of-the-art and future of vibration energy harvesting

Journal article (2019)

Authors

Thijs Blad Mechatronic Systems Design - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
N. Tolou Mechatronic Systems Design - Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering
Research Group
Mechatronic Systems Design (Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2019 Thijs Blad, N. Tolou
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Published Date

2019

Language

English

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Faculty

Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering

Department

Precision and Microsystems Engineering

Research Group

Mechatronic Systems Design

Abstract

Although motion energy harvesting at the small scales has been a research topic for over 20 years, the implementation of such generators remains limited in practice. One of the most important contributing factors here is the poor performance of these devices under low-frequency excitation. In this research, a classification of miniaturised generators is proposed based on the dynamics of the nonlinear systems. This provides insight in the performance of different types of designs, which can be used to develop new designs with better efficiencies under realistic conditions.