Acoustic-Based Electrodynamic Energy Harvester for Wireless Sensor Nodes Application
Farid Ullah Khan and Izhar
Institute of Mechatronics Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan
Abstract—An electrodynamic harvester for scavenging acoustic energy is reported in this paper. The working principle, fabrication and characterization of the harvester are discussed. The developed harvester consists of an Helmholtz resonator, flexible membrane, moving magnets and a fixed wound coil. The harvester is characterized under acoustic energy at different sound pressure levels (SPL’s) and is subjected to both increasing frequency sweep (IFS) and decreasing frequency sweep (DFS). At resonance and under 120 dB SPL, the harvester produced a maximum load rms voltage of 315 mV at 66 Ω load resistance. The experimental results showed the maximum power delivered to load is 1503.4 μW at 120 dB SPL, that leads to a maximum power density of 191.4 μW/cm3 for the developed harvester. The energy harvester is also characterized in open air with a large speaker as an acoustic source. Moreover, the harvester generated a load voltage of about 30 mV when subjected to the acoustical noise of a household electrical generator.
Index Terms—acoustic energy, electrodynamics, energy harvesting, Helmholtz resonator, nonlinear response
Cite: Farid Ullah Khan and Izhar, "Acoustic-Based Electrodynamic Energy Harvester for Wireless Sensor Nodes Application," International Journal of Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 72-78, December 2013. doi: 10.12720/ijmse.1.2.72-78
Cite: Farid Ullah Khan and Izhar, "Acoustic-Based Electrodynamic Energy Harvester for Wireless Sensor Nodes Application," International Journal of Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 72-78, December 2013. doi: 10.12720/ijmse.1.2.72-78
General Information
ISSN: 2315-4527 (Print)
Abbreviated Title: Int. J. Mater. Sci. Eng.
Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Emeritus Dato' Dr. Muhammad Yahaya
DOI: 10.17706/ijmse
Abstracting/ Indexing: Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, Google Scholar, Crossref
E-mail: ijmse@iap.org
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