Low power energy harvesting systems: State of the art and future challenges

Calautit, Katrina; Nasir, Diana S.N.M.; Hughes, Ben Richard

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2021.111230

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“…The design and deployment of low-cost PMEH is a tough process because there are multiple factors that must be considered, such as economic viability, reliability, power and frequency control, battery-characteristics uncertainty (energy storage system), and environmental considerations [139,140]. However, such challenges can be overcome with an appropriate combination of technological development and implementation.…”

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A Bibliometric Analysis of Low-Cost Piezoelectric Micro-Energy Harvesting Systems from Ambient Energy Sources: Current Trends, Issues and Suggestions

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The scientific interest in piezoelectric micro-energy harvesting (PMEH) has been fast-growing, demonstrating that the field has made a major improvement in the long-term evolution of alternative energy sources. Although various research works have been performed and published over the years, only a few attempts have been made to examine the research’s influence in this field. Therefore, this paper presents a bibliometric study into low-cost PMEH from ambient energy sources within the years 2010–2021, outlining current research trends, analytical assessment, novel insights, impacts, challenges and recommendations. The major goal of this paper is to provide a bibliometric evaluation that is based on the top-cited 100 articles employing the Scopus databases, information and refined keyword searches. This study analyses various key aspects, including PMEH emerging applications, authors’ contributions, collaboration, research classification, keywords analysis, country’s networks and state-of-the-art research areas. Moreover, several issues and concerns regarding PMEH are identified to determine the existing constraints and research gaps, such as technical, modeling, economics, power quality and environment. The paper also provides guidelines and suggestions for the development and enhancement of future PMEH towards improving energy efficiency, topologies, design, operational performance and capabilities. The in-depth information, critical discussion and analysis of this bibliometric study are expected to contribute to the advancement of the sustainable pathway for PMEH research.

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A Bibliometric Analysis of Low-Cost Piezoelectric Micro-Energy Harvesting Systems from Ambient Energy Sources: Current Trends, Issues and Suggestions

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“…Renewable energy and energy harvesting technologies have received unprecedented attention [1]. Researchers have given extensive attention to energy harvesting and utilization technologies, such as photovoltaic, wind energy, piezoelectric, thermoelectric, and triboelectric for roadway applications [2][3][4][5]. In addition, with the rapid development of intelligent connected vehicles, autonomous vehicles, and intelligent transportation systems, traditional roads are required to be functional and intelligent to satisfy new requirements [6][7][8].…”

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Performance Assessment and Comparison of Two Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters Developed for Pavement Application: Case Study

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To advance the development of piezoelectric energy harvesters, this study designed and manufactured bridge-unit-based and pile-unit-based piezoelectric devices. An indoor material testing system and accelerated pavement test equipment were used to test the electrical performance, mechanical performance, and electromechanical coupling performance of the devices. The results showed that the elastic modulus of the pile structure device was relatively higher than that of the bridge structure device. However, the elastic modulus of the two devices should be improved to avoid attenuation in the service performance and fatigue life caused by the stiffness difference. Furthermore, the electromechanical conversion coefficients of the two devices were smaller than 10% and insensitive to the load magnitude and load frequency. Moreover, the two devices can harvest 3.4 mW and 2.6 mW under the wheel load simulated by the one-third scale model mobile load simulator, thus meeting the supply requirements of low-power sensors. The elastic modulus, electromechanical conversion coefficients, and electric performance of the pile structure device were more reliable than those of the bridge structure device, indicating a better application prospect in road engineering.

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“…There have been various micropump designs studied in the literature. The piezoelectric-, magnetic-, electrochemical-, acoustic-, and electrothermal-based micropump have their positive and negative sides over one another in terms of scalability, biocompatibility, complexity, and accuracy, cost, and reliability [ 8 ]. For instance, lead zirconate titanate (PZT)-based micropumps offer a precise volumetric flow rate of aqueous fluids at fast response times and high actuation forces.…”

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“…Magnetic-based designs that rely on mechanical displacement of a membrane can be categorized into two groups: (i) designs wherein the membranes are pushed by a set of actuator heads to create a pressure differential, and (ii) designs that deform a ferromagnetic composite material, usually consisting of a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-based matrix and micro- or nano-sized ferromagnetic iron particles embedded in them, under an externally applied magnetic field [ 8 ]. Designs from the first category are complex and have excess moving components, which could become a concern for installation and maintenance.…”

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A Magnetorheological Duckbill Valve Micropump for Drug Delivery Applications

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In this study, we propose a duckbill valve microfluidic pump that relies on an electromagnetic actuation mechanism. An FEA/CFD-based approach was adopted for the design of the device due to the coupled electromagnetic–solid–fluid interactions in the device. The simulation methodology was confirmed with the previously published data in the literature to ensure the accuracy of the simulations. The proposed optimum duckbill valve micropump can pump 2.45 µL of fluid during the first 1 s, including both contraction and expansion phases, almost 16.67% more than the basic model. In addition, the model can pump a maximum volume of 0.26 µL of fluid at the end of the contraction phase (at 0.5 s) when the magnetic flux density is at maximum (0.027 T). The use of a duckbill valve in the model also reduces the backflow by almost 7.5 times more than the model without any valve. The proposed device could potentially be used in a broad range of applications, such as an insulin dosing system for Type 1 diabetic patients, artificial organs to transport blood, organ-on-chip applications, and so on.

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Low power energy harvesting systems: State of the art and future challenges

Cited by 58 publications

References 125 publications

A Bibliometric Analysis of Low-Cost Piezoelectric Micro-Energy Harvesting Systems from Ambient Energy Sources: Current Trends, Issues and Suggestions

A Bibliometric Analysis of Low-Cost Piezoelectric Micro-Energy Harvesting Systems from Ambient Energy Sources: Current Trends, Issues and Suggestions

Performance Assessment and Comparison of Two Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters Developed for Pavement Application: Case Study

A Magnetorheological Duckbill Valve Micropump for Drug Delivery Applications

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