Energy harvesting in the railway industry has great potential for many applications. Energy
harvesters can provide electrical power for track-side, on-board, and infrastructure …

In this paper, we review, compare, and analyze previous studies on vibration energy
harvesting and related technologies. First, the paper introduces the basic aspects of …

To enable predictive and preventive maintenance in rail transportation systems, energy
harvesting is a promising powering method. Piezoelectric energy harvesters have great …

Heavy-duty trains with intelligent autonomous rail transit systems play an essential role in
transporting goods and storing a large amount of energy to make it more sustainable. This …

This work investigated the dynamic responses and evaluated the performance of a two-
degree-of-freedom (2DOF) coupled coil-magnet electromagnetic vibration harvester excited …

Piezoelectric energy harvesting techniques are increasingly seen as promising power
sources for wireless sensor networks that monitor railway infrastructure. However, the …

Facing the energy consumption of a huge number of distributed wireless Internet of Things
(IoT) sensor nodes, scavenging energy from the ambient environment to power these …

By harvesting the pervasive vibration energy, self-powered wireless sensor network (WSN)
installed along the track can play an important role in structure health monitoring of high …

Multi-stable energy harvesters have emerged as the most attractive candidates for vibration-
based energy harvesting recently. Energy trap** and energy conversion are the main …

In order to achieve intelligent operation of subway transportation, this paper proposed a dual-
function system integrating human kinetic energy harvesting and passenger sensing for self …