Development Of Low Frequency Electromagnetic Vibration Energy Harvester

This thesis presents the development of an energy harvester based on electromagnetic system to harvest energy from the low frequency vibration in particular structural vibration of the bridge. The eventual intended application is to power up a wireless sensor node that can be used to monitor structu...

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Main Author:	Hairudin, Wan Masrurah
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2017
Subjects:	TJ1-1570 Mechanical engineering and machinery
Online Access:	http://eprints.usm.my/36798/1/WAN_MASRURAH_BINTI_HAIRUDIN_24_Pages.pdf
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spelling	my-usm-ep.367982019-04-12T05:25:06Z Development Of Low Frequency Electromagnetic Vibration Energy Harvester 2017 Hairudin, Wan Masrurah TJ1-1570 Mechanical engineering and machinery This thesis presents the development of an energy harvester based on electromagnetic system to harvest energy from the low frequency vibration in particular structural vibration of the bridge. The eventual intended application is to power up a wireless sensor node that can be used to monitor structural integrity of a bridge. The electromagnetic vibration energy harvester is developed with four units of voice coil actuators using Neodymium magnets and copper coils. An open circuit voltage of 2.6 V and maximum output power of 25 mW were generated at 10 Hz under constant acceleration of 0.35g respectively. A model of the harvester is made by combining the mechanical of mass-spring-damper system with the electromagnetic resistance and inductance where the velocity of the moving coil from the mechanical system will produce current in the system. The simulation model showed a good agreement with the experimental results at 4 - 10 Hz for one cell harvester with 4.3% difference. The main contribution of this research is the prototype construction of low vibration energy harvester system and development of the energy harvester model using Simulink. The power density of the harvester system is 602 μW/g.cm3 and 1308.2 μW/g.cm3 at 4 Hz and 10 Hz respectively and enough to power up the wireless sensor network device. 2017 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/36798/ http://eprints.usm.my/36798/1/WAN_MASRURAH_BINTI_HAIRUDIN_24_Pages.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Mekanikal
institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
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topic	TJ1-1570 Mechanical engineering and machinery
spellingShingle	TJ1-1570 Mechanical engineering and machinery Hairudin, Wan Masrurah Development Of Low Frequency Electromagnetic Vibration Energy Harvester
description	This thesis presents the development of an energy harvester based on electromagnetic system to harvest energy from the low frequency vibration in particular structural vibration of the bridge. The eventual intended application is to power up a wireless sensor node that can be used to monitor structural integrity of a bridge. The electromagnetic vibration energy harvester is developed with four units of voice coil actuators using Neodymium magnets and copper coils. An open circuit voltage of 2.6 V and maximum output power of 25 mW were generated at 10 Hz under constant acceleration of 0.35g respectively. A model of the harvester is made by combining the mechanical of mass-spring-damper system with the electromagnetic resistance and inductance where the velocity of the moving coil from the mechanical system will produce current in the system. The simulation model showed a good agreement with the experimental results at 4 - 10 Hz for one cell harvester with 4.3% difference. The main contribution of this research is the prototype construction of low vibration energy harvester system and development of the energy harvester model using Simulink. The power density of the harvester system is 602 μW/g.cm3 and 1308.2 μW/g.cm3 at 4 Hz and 10 Hz respectively and enough to power up the wireless sensor network device.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Hairudin, Wan Masrurah
author_facet	Hairudin, Wan Masrurah
author_sort	Hairudin, Wan Masrurah
title	Development Of Low Frequency Electromagnetic Vibration Energy Harvester
title_short	Development Of Low Frequency Electromagnetic Vibration Energy Harvester
title_full	Development Of Low Frequency Electromagnetic Vibration Energy Harvester
title_fullStr	Development Of Low Frequency Electromagnetic Vibration Energy Harvester
title_full_unstemmed	Development Of Low Frequency Electromagnetic Vibration Energy Harvester
title_sort	development of low frequency electromagnetic vibration energy harvester
granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department	Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Mekanikal
publishDate	2017
url	http://eprints.usm.my/36798/1/WAN_MASRURAH_BINTI_HAIRUDIN_24_Pages.pdf
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