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Review of Energy Harvesters Utilizing Bridge Vibrations
Joint Authors
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-21, 21 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-12-27
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
21
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
For health monitoring of bridges, wireless acceleration sensor nodes (WASNs) are normally used.
In bridge environment, several forms of energy are available for operating WASNs that include wind, solar, acoustic, and vibration energy.
However, only bridge vibration has the tendency to be utilized for embedded WASNs application in bridge structures.
This paper reports on the recent advancements in the area of vibration energy harvesters (VEHs) utilizing bridge oscillations.
The bridge vibration is narrowband (1 to 40 Hz) with low acceleration levels (0.01 to 3.8 g).
For utilization of bridge vibration, electromagnetic based vibration energy harvesters (EM-VEHs) and piezoelectric based vibration energy harvesters (PE-VEHs) have been developed.
The power generation of the reported EM-VEHs is in the range from 0.7 to 1450000 μW.
However, the power production by the developed PE-VEHs ranges from 0.6 to 7700 μW.
The overall size of most of the bridge VEHs is quite comparable and is in mesoscale.
The resonant frequencies of EM-VEHs are on the lower side (0.13 to 27 Hz) in comparison to PE-VEHs (1 to 120 Hz).
The power densities reported for these bridge VEHs range from 0.01 to 9539.5 μW/cm3 and are quite enough to operate most of the commercial WASNs.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Khan, Farid& Ahmad, Iftikhar. 2015. Review of Energy Harvesters Utilizing Bridge Vibrations. Shock and Vibration،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-21.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Khan, Farid& Ahmad, Iftikhar. Review of Energy Harvesters Utilizing Bridge Vibrations. Shock and Vibration No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-21.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1118795
American Medical Association (AMA)
Khan, Farid& Ahmad, Iftikhar. Review of Energy Harvesters Utilizing Bridge Vibrations. Shock and Vibration. 2015. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-21.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1118795
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1118795