The state-of-the-art review on energy harvesting from flow-induced vibrations

J Wang, L Geng, L Ding, H Zhu, D Yurchenko - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, the currently popular flow-induced vibrations energy harvesting technologies
are reviewed, including numerical and experimental endeavors, and some existing or …

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 …

Wind energy system for buildings in an urban environment

KCS Kwok, G Hu - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban built environments have grown dramatically worldwide in the past few decades due to
rapid economic and population growths. The potential utilization of renewable resources is …

A double-beam piezo-magneto-elastic wind energy harvester for improving the gallo**-based energy harvesting

K Yang, J Wang, D Yurchenko - Applied Physics Letters, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
This study investigates the performance of a double-beam piezo-magneto-elastic wind
energy harvester (DBPME-WEH) when exhibiting a gallo**-based energy harvesting …

Experimental investigation on the efficiency of circular cylinder-based wind energy harvester with different rod-shaped attachments

G Hu, KT Tse, M Wei, R Naseer, A Abdelkefi… - Applied energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The performance of a circular cylinder-based piezoelectric wind energy harvester with two
small-size rod-shaped attachments on the main circular cylinder was experimentally …

Exploring the potential benefits of using metasurface for gallo** energy harvesting

J Wang, S Sun, G Hu, Y Yang, L Tang, P Li… - Energy Conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Inspired by the successful applications of metasurfaces in many other fields, this paper aims
to explore the potential application of metasurfaces in designing aerodynamic systems. Bluff …

Performance evaluation of twin piezoelectric wind energy harvesters under mutual interference

G Hu, J Wang, Z Su, G Li, H Peng, KCS Kwok - Applied Physics Letters, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
This study evaluated the performance of twin adjacent gallo**-based piezoelectric wind
energy harvesters based on mutual interference. The relative position between the twin …

Design and experimental analysis of broadband energy harvesting from vortex-induced vibrations

LB Zhang, A Abdelkefi, HL Dai, R Naseer… - Journal of Sound and …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper, an operable strategy to enhance the output power of piezoelectric energy
harvesting from vortex-induced vibration (VIV) using nonlinear magnetic forces is proposed …

Aerodynamic modification to a circular cylinder to enhance the piezoelectric wind energy harvesting

G Hu, KT Tse, KCS Kwok, J Song, Y Lyu - Applied Physics Letters, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
This study aims to expand the aeroelastic unstable range of a circular cylinder for improving
the efficiency of a vortex-induced vibration (VIV)-based wind energy harvester. The kinetic …

Investigation on the characteristics of a novel internal resonance gallo** oscillator for concurrent aeroelastic and base vibratory energy harvesting

C Xu, L Zhao - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2022 - Elsevier
Harnessing energy from concurrent wind flow and base vibration is a prospective method to
enable self-powered sensing in the circumstances where wind and base motion are …