Review of power converter impact of electromagnetic energy harvesting circuits and devices for autonomous sensor applications

MR Sarker, MHM Saad, JL Olazagoitia, J Vinolas - Electronics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The demand for power is increasing due to the rapid growth of the population. Therefore,
energy harvesting (EH) from ambient sources has become popular. The reduction of power …

Design, modelling and practical tests on a high-voltage kinetic energy harvesting (EH) system for a renewable road tunnel based on linear alternators

Z Zhang, X Zhang, Y Rasim, C Wang, B Du, Y Yuan - Applied Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The need to reduce energy consumption and electricity expense is the primary driving force
behind generating renewable energy for the operation and maintenance of road tunnels …

Power-efficient hybrid energy harvesting system for harnessing ambient vibrations

S Chamanian, B Çiftci, H Uluşan… - … on Circuits and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an efficient hybrid energy harvesting interface to synergistically
scavenge power from electromagnetic (EM) and piezoelectric (PE) sources, and drive a …

Wearable battery-less wireless sensor network with electromagnetic energy harvesting system

S Chamanian, H Uluşan, Ö Zorlu, S Baghaee… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper presents a battery-less wireless sensor network (WSN) equipped with
electromagnetic (EM) energy harvesters and sensor nodes with adjustable time-interval …

Electronic optimization for an energy harvesting system based on magnetoelectric Metglas/poly (vinylidene fluoride)/Metglas composites

S Reis, MP Silva, N Castro, V Correia… - Smart Materials and …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Harvesting magnetic energy from the environment is becoming increasingly attractive for
being a renewable and inexhaustible power source, ubiquitous and accessible in remote …

A self-supplied power optimizer for piezoelectric energy harvesters operating under non-sinusoidal vibrations

L Costanzo, A Lo Schiavo, M Vitelli - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
A self-supplied circuit that is able to significantly increase the power delivered to a bridge
rectifier by a Resonant Piezoelectric Vibration Energy Harvester (RPVEH) is presented and …

A 2.6 –1.2 mW Autonomous Electromagnetic Vibration Energy Harvester Interface IC with Conduction-Angle-Controlled MPPT and up to 95% Efficiency

J Leicht, Y Manoli - IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an IC optimized to interface small-scaled electromagnetic vibration
energy harvesters. The interface IC tracks the optimum conduction angle of the implemented …

A triple hybrid micropower generator with simultaneous multi-mode energy harvesting

H Uluşan, S Chamanian, W Pathirana… - Smart Materials and …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
This study presents a triple hybrid energy harvesting system that combines harvested power
from thermoelectric (TE), vibration-based electromagnetic (EM) and piezoelectric (PZT) …

A GaN BCM AC–DC converter for sub-1 v electromagnetic energy harvesting with enhanced output power

J Chen, H Peng, Z Feng, Y Kang - IEEE Transactions on Power …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A gallium nitride (GaN) boundary conduction mode (BCM) dual-boost ac-dc converter for
low-voltage electromagnetic energy harvesting (EH) is presented in this article. The μW-to …

Powering-up wireless sensor nodes utilizing rechargeable batteries and an electromagnetic vibration energy harvesting system

S Chamanian, S Baghaee, H Ulusan, Ö Zorlu, H Külah… - Energies, 2014 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a wireless sensor node (WSN) system where an electromagnetic (EM)
energy harvester is utilized for charging its rechargeable batteries while the system is …