A review of piezoelectric energy harvesters for harvesting wind energy

X Zheng, L He, S Wang, X Liu, R Liu… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) powered by conventional batteries are
disadvantaged in terms of scope of application and environmental friendliness because their …

Mechanical modulations for enhancing energy harvesting: Principles, methods and applications

HX Zou, LC Zhao, QH Gao, L Zuo, FR Liu, T Tan… - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Mechanical kinetic energy harvesting, which converts the mechanical motions and
vibrations that are commonly available in the surrounding environment to electrical energy …

High-performance piezoelectric wind energy harvester with Y-shaped attachments

J Wang, S Zhou, Z Zhang, D Yurchenko - Energy conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In order to improve wind energy harvesting performance, this paper proposes a novel high-
performance piezoelectric wind energy harvester with Y-shaped attachments on the bluff …

Aeroelastic energy harvesting: A review

A Abdelkefi - International Journal of Engineering Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Energy harvesting is the process by which light, thermal, solar, and kinetic energy can be
converted to a usable form of energy with the ultimate objective of develo** self-powered …

A review on mechanisms for piezoelectric-based energy harvesters

H Elahi, M Eugeni, P Gaudenzi - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
From last few decades, piezoelectric materials have played a vital role as a mechanism of
energy harvesting, as they have the tendency to absorb energy from the environment and …

A rotational piezoelectric energy harvester for efficient wind energy harvesting

J Zhang, Z Fang, C Shu, J Zhang, Q Zhang… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2017 - Elsevier
A rotational piezoelectric energy harvester for efficiently harvesting wind energy is
developed. The piezoelectric (PVDF) beam generates electricity using the impact-induced …

Design, modeling and experiments of broadband tristable gallo** piezoelectric energy harvester

J Wang, L Geng, S Zhou, Z Zhang, Z Lai… - Acta Mechanica …, 2020 - Springer
Gallo** based piezoelectric energy harvester is a kind of micro-environmental energy
harvesting device based on flow-induced vibrations. A novel tristable gallo**-based …

A joint-nested structure piezoelectric energy harvester for high-performance wind-induced vibration energy harvesting

W Liao, Y Wen, J Kan, X Huang, S Wang, Z Li… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The indirect-excitation piezoelectric wind energy harvesters have shown great potential in
providing power to sensor network nodes as well as wireless electronic devices. To improve …

Piezoelectric energy harvesting from vortex-induced vibrations of circular cylinder

A Mehmood, A Abdelkefi, MR Hajj, AH Nayfeh… - Journal of Sound and …, 2013 - Elsevier
The concept of harvesting energy from a circular cylinder undergoing vortex-induced
vibrations is investigated. The energy is harvested by attaching a piezoelectric transducer to …

A comprehensive review of nonlinear oscillators in hydrokinetic energy harnessing using flow-induced vibrations

Y Lv, L Sun, MM Bernitsas, H Sun - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
A comprehensive review of hydrokinetic energy converters based on alternating lift
technology (ALT) is provided. Emphasis is on nonlinear oscillators based on Flow Induced …