Energy harvesting is a promising technique for supplying low-power devices as an alternative to conventional batteries. Energy harvesters can be integrated into Autonomous Internet of Things (AIoT) systems to create a wireless network of sensor nodes for real-time monitoring of assets. This paper shows a design and optimization methodology for gravitational vibration-based electromagnetic energy harvesters (GVEHs) of different sizes considering the design constraints of its real application. The configuration, analytical model, and electro-mechanical coupling of these devices are described in detail. A numerical model is developed in the Ansys Maxwell FEM environment to derive the non-linear stiffness and damping of the asymmetric magnetic suspension. Experimental laboratory tests on three harvester prototypes are compared to numerical results of dynamic simulations in MATLAB/Simulink for the validation of the proposed model through error estimation. The fully-parametric validated model is used to perform sensitivity analyses on the device's mechanical characteristics of natural frequency and magnet equilibrium position by varying the fixed and moving magnets dimensions. The set of magnets composing the magnetic spring is chosen complying with the application design constraints of size and resonance frequency tuning. Coil parameters of length and number of turns are optimized for maximum output power generation. The optimized device simulated performances are compared to other devices in the literature in terms of NPD, a significant index that evaluates power density under different excitation amplitudes. The optimized harvester presents the highest NPD value of 2.61, achieving an improvement of 52% with respect to the best harvester amongst the three tested prototypes.

Identification Procedure for Design Optimization of Gravitational Electromagnetic Energy Harvesters / LO MONACO, Mirco; Russo, Caterina; Soma', Aurelio. - In: APPLIED SCIENCES. - ISSN 2076-3417. - ELETTRONICO. - 13:4(2023), p. 2736. [10.3390/app13042736]

Identification Procedure for Design Optimization of Gravitational Electromagnetic Energy Harvesters

Mirco Lo Monaco;Caterina Russo;Aurelio Soma'
2023

Abstract

Energy harvesting is a promising technique for supplying low-power devices as an alternative to conventional batteries. Energy harvesters can be integrated into Autonomous Internet of Things (AIoT) systems to create a wireless network of sensor nodes for real-time monitoring of assets. This paper shows a design and optimization methodology for gravitational vibration-based electromagnetic energy harvesters (GVEHs) of different sizes considering the design constraints of its real application. The configuration, analytical model, and electro-mechanical coupling of these devices are described in detail. A numerical model is developed in the Ansys Maxwell FEM environment to derive the non-linear stiffness and damping of the asymmetric magnetic suspension. Experimental laboratory tests on three harvester prototypes are compared to numerical results of dynamic simulations in MATLAB/Simulink for the validation of the proposed model through error estimation. The fully-parametric validated model is used to perform sensitivity analyses on the device's mechanical characteristics of natural frequency and magnet equilibrium position by varying the fixed and moving magnets dimensions. The set of magnets composing the magnetic spring is chosen complying with the application design constraints of size and resonance frequency tuning. Coil parameters of length and number of turns are optimized for maximum output power generation. The optimized device simulated performances are compared to other devices in the literature in terms of NPD, a significant index that evaluates power density under different excitation amplitudes. The optimized harvester presents the highest NPD value of 2.61, achieving an improvement of 52% with respect to the best harvester amongst the three tested prototypes.
2023
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