Evaluation of motions and actuation methods for biomechanical energy harvesting
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This paper addresses energy harvesting from biomechanical motions. Such a technique is useful for powering small portable devices, such as wireless phones, music players, and digital assistants. For very low power devices, biomechanical energy may be enough to provide baseload power. In others, such as cell phones (which typically requires up to 3 W), biomechanical energy would recharge batteries for extended use between line charges, or allow for peak just-in-time power. In this paper, we consider several biomechanical motions for power generation. We evaluate actuation methods, including magnetic, piezoelectric, electrostatic, and electrical polymers for various motions in terms of energy, power, mass, and cost. We also discuss the practical issues associated with each, especially in terms of the power electronics required to connect the biomechanical sources to useful loads.
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Piezoelectric elements as energy harvesters are proper for low-frequency conditions and their power output is not enough to power high-consumption devices, limited to nearly 100 mW.
“the piezoelectric elements as energy harvesters are proper for low frequencies conditions and the power output of this technology is not enough to power high-consumption devices [27] and limited to nearly 100 mW due to the small displacement and the high generated voltage [28].”
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- Authors
- Niu, P., Chapman, P., Riemer, R., & Zhang, X.
- Affiliations
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- ORCID
- Venue
- 2004 IEEE 35th Annual Power Electronics Specialists Conference (IEEE Cat. No.04CH37551)
- Publisher
- IEEE
- Published
- 2005-01-20
- Pages
- 2100-2106
- ISSN
- 0275-9306 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2169859004
- Cited by
- 117
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 7
- FWCI
- 11.74
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC) (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Office of Naval Research
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Nuclear Energy and Engineering › Advanced Energy Technologies and Civil Engineering Innovations
- Keywords
- biomechanical energy harvesting, wearable power generation, actuation methods, piezoelectric energy harvesting, magnetic energy harvesting, electrostatic energy harvesting, wireless charging, power electronics
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