Renewable energy harvesting by vortex-induced motions: Review and benchmarking of technologies

AB Rostami, M Armandei - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Vortex-induced motions are generally known as destructive phenomena for engineering
structures. Nevertheless, they have a positive effect which is their great potential to extract …

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 …

A Rolling‐Bead Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Harvesting Omnidirectional Wind‐Induced Energy toward Shelter Forests Monitoring

Y Cao, E Su, Y Sun, ZL Wang, LNY Cao - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Shelter forests (or shelter‐belts), while crucial for climate regulation, lack monitoring
systems, eg, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, but their abundant wind energy can potentially …

Low velocity water flow energy harvesting using vortex induced vibration and gallo**

W Sun, D Zhao, T Tan, Z Yan, P Guo, X Luo - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The oceans, seas, rivers and channels store abundant renewable low velocity flow energy
but without large-scale exploitation. For energy harvesting, the vortex induced vibration (VIV) …

Flow induced motion and energy harvesting of bluff bodies with different cross sections

L Ding, L Zhang, C Wu, X Mao, D Jiang - Energy Conversion and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The flow induced motion (FIM) and energy conversion of cylinders with different cross
sections are investigated using two-dimensional unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier …

Piezoelectric wind energy harvester for low-power sensors

J Sirohi, R Mahadik - Journal of Intelligent Material Systems …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
There has been increasing interest in wireless sensor networks for a variety of outdoor
applications including structural health monitoring and environmental monitoring …

VIV and gallo** of single circular cylinder with surface roughness at 3.0× 104≤ Re≤ 1.2× 105

CCJ Chang, RA Kumar, MM Bernitsas - Ocean Engineering, 2011 - Elsevier
Passive Turbulence Control (PTC) in the form of selectively distributed surface roughness is
used to alter Flow Induced Motion (FIM) of a circular cylinder in a steady flow. The objective …

Piezoelectric energy harvesting from transverse gallo** of bluff bodies

A Abdelkefi, MR Hajj, AH Nayfeh - Smart Materials and …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
The concept of harvesting energy from transverse gallo** oscillations of a bluff body with
different cross-section geometries is investigated. The energy is harvested by attaching a …

Numerical simulation and experimental validation for energy harvesting of single-cylinder VIVACE converter with passive turbulence control

L Ding, L Zhang, MM Bernitsas, CC Chang - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Flow Induced Motions (FIM) of a single, rigid, circular cylinder on end-springs are
investigated for Reynolds number 30,000< Re< 110,000. Passive Turbulence Control (PTC) …

Effect of mass-ratio, dam**, and stiffness on optimal hydrokinetic energy conversion of a single, rough cylinder in flow induced motions

H Sun, ES Kim, G Nowakowski, E Mauer… - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Flow Induced Motions (FIMs) of a single, rigid, circular cylinder with end-springs are
investigated for Reynolds number 30,000≤ Re≤ 120,000 with mass ratio, dam**, and …