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Broadband energy harvester for varied tram vibration frequency using 2-DOF mass-spring-damper system

  • Hamza Umar (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County) ;
  • Christopher Mullen (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County) ;
  • Soobum Lee (Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland Baltimore County) ;
  • Jaeyun Lee (CORECHIPS Co., Ltd.) ;
  • Jaehoon Kim (Korea Railroad Research Institute)
  • Received : 2023.10.31
  • Accepted : 2023.11.21
  • Published : 2023.12.25
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Abstract

Energy harvesting in trams may become a prevalent source of passive energy generation due to the high density of vibrational energy, and this may help power structural health monitoring systems for the trams. This paper presents a broadband vibrational energy harvesting device design that utilizes a varied frequency from a tram vehicle using a 2 DOF vibrational system combined with electromagnetic energy conversion. This paper will demonstrate stepwise optimization processes to determine mechanical parameters for frequency tuning to adjust to the trams' operational conditions, and electromagnetic parameters for the whole system design to maximize power output. The initial optimization will determine 5 important design parameters in a 2 DOF vibrational system, namely the masses (m1, m2 (and spring constants (k1, k2, k3). The second step will use these parameters as initial guesses for the second optimization which will maintain the ratios of these parameters and present electrical parameters to maximize the power output from this system. The obtained values indicated a successful demonstration of design optimization as the average power generated increased from 1.475 mW to 17.44 mW (around 12 times).

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Acknowledgement

This work is supported by the Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement (KAIA) grant funded by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Grant 1615013220) and Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT) grant funded by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (Project P0018646).

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