• 전기학회논문지P
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• 제67권3호
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• pp.137-142
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• 2018

Energy harvesting technology is drawing attention as a means of collecting various eco-friendly energy and accumulating residual energy. Recently, differential power processing (DPP) is being developed as part of energy harvesting. This is being studied as a solution to the loss of power generation between power modules and the problems caused by module small losses depending on the size of power production. In this paper, we propose the necessity of the DPP by comparing and analyzing energy harvesting related module integration system and power supply efficiency of DPP. The power efficiency of the converter and the power difference between the wind power and the photovoltaic power supply have been changed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed system.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.666-669
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• 2020

Energy harvesting sensor networks have the ability to collect energy from the environment to overcome the power limitations of traditional sensor networks. The sensor network, which has a limited transmission range, delivers data to the destination node through a multi-hop method. The routing protocol should consider the power situation of nodes, which is determined by the residual power and energy harvesting rate. At this time, if only considering the magnitude of the power, power imbalance can occur among nodes and it can induce instantaneous power shortages and reduction of network lifetime. In this paper, we designed a routing protocol that considers the balance of power as well as the residual power and energy harvesting rate.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.243-250
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• 2020

Energy harvesting is a recent technology involving the harvest and utilization of extremely small surrounding energy. Energy harvesting research is conducted in various fields. Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) are energy harvesting technologies that use static electricity generated by physical movement or friction. Although TENGs generate output power in microwatt levels, they experience high internal impedance compared with other energy harvesting generators, thereby making the continuous transfer of electric power to loads difficult. This study proposes a power management system for TENGs that consists of three stages, that is, an AC/DC rectifier, an impedance coupler switch with a capacitor bank, and a DC/DC converter. In addition, the selection method of the AC/DC rectifier and DC/DC converter is proposed to maximize the amount of power transferred from energy harvesting areas. Furthermore, the impedance coupler switch and capacitor bank are discussed in detail. The validity and performance of the proposed three-stage power management system for TENGs are verified using a prototype system.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.759-768
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• 2022

A novel energy harvesting technique that uses conducted electromagnetic interference as an energy source is presented. Conducted EMI generated from fluorescent light using a switched-mode power supply was measured and modeled as an equivalent voltage source. Two types of rectifier circuits-a bridge rectifier and a voltage doubler-were used as the harvesting devices for conducted EMI source. The matching networks were designed based on the equivalent model, and the harvested power was improved. The implemented energy harvester produces a regulated power over 68.9 mW and current over 15.1 mA while a regulated voltage can be selected between 3.3 V and 5 V. The proposed system shows the highest harvesting power indoor environment and can provide enough power for the Internet of Things devices.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2006

In this paper, a novel power management structure for an energy harvesting pervasive system is proposed. The system considers the power state of each subsystem to assign proper power sources. The switch matrix structure utilizes each power source to reduce the peak current of the battery. The power management structure can be interfaced to an embedded system power supply without significant design change.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.3735-3740
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• 2012

본 연구는 다양한 에너지 하비스팅 기술들 중 압전 기술과 전자기 유도 방식을 조합한 에너지 블록 구조를 개발하고 발전성능 평가를 수행한다. 본 연구의 목적은 개발된 에너지 하비스팅 블록의 주택 도시 분야 적용성을 평가하기 위한 것이다. 본 연구는 동적 특성을 분석하기 위하여 유한요소 해석을 실시하고, 실험실 규모의 다층 에너지 하비스터의 현 발전수준을 평가하여 제시하였다. 그 다음으로 증폭기술이 적용된 프로토타입의 특징을 설명하고 개발된 프로토 타입 모듈의 발전성능을 다각적으로 평가하여 제시하였다.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.201-206
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• 2022

에너지 하베스팅(Harvesting)은 1954년 미국 벨 연구소가 태양광을 에너지로 바꾸는 태양전지 연구를 진행하면서 소개된 개념이다. 이러한 에너지 하베스팅 기술은 일상생활 속 버려지거나 미활용 되는 에너지를 모아 전력으로 재활용하는 기술로서 에너지를 효율적으로 활용할 수 있게 하는 친환경 에너지 방안 중 하나로서 다양한 에너지를 적용할 수 있다. 특별히 태양광발전시스템의 경우 맑은 날에 비해 흐린 날씨에 전력생산 Loss가 발생하는 형태로 인버터에서 발생하는 전력 소모를 줄이기 위해, 배터리를 이용하여 발생하는 전기를 저장함으로써 에너지 하베스팅을 적용할 수 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 일출, 일몰, 흐린 날씨 등의 낮은 일조량 구간에서 에너지 하베스팅 기술을 적용하여 인버터 동작 최저전압 이하 및 소멸하는 전력을 회수하여 발전량을 개선하고자 한다. 이에 따라 태양광발전 전력량에 따른 시스템 및 알고리즘 개발과 일몰, 일출, 그 밖에 환경에서 발전되는 저 전력을 이용한 시스템과 알고리즘 개발을 통해 연구내용을 증명하였다.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.111-119
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• 2014

This paper describes the design and implementation of a electromagnetic energy harvesting mechanism and electronic circuit for autonomous emergency call system. This analysis results show the power output of the proposed harvesting mechanism and circuit up to max power output 5V and it can hold up to 65 msec of the power generation and 10msec of the RF transmission. Based on the these testing results, the implementation of autonomous emergency call device without battery power or any external power source is feasible.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.973-976
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• 2011

This letter describes an efficient technique for maximum power point tracking (MPPT) of an energy harvesting device. It is based on controlling the device voltage at the point of maximum power. Using a microcontroller with a power saving technique, the MPPT algorithm maintains the maximum power with low power consumption. An experiment shows that the algorithm maximizes the energy transfer power using an energy management IC fabricated in a 0.18-${\mu}m$ process. Compared to direct energy transfer to a battery, the proposed technique is more efficient for low-energy harvesting under variable conditions.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.449-470
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• 2016

Energy harvesting is an emerging technique that extracts energy from surrounding environments to power low-power devices. For example, it can potentially provide sustainable energy for wireless sensing networks (WSNs) or structural control systems in civil engineering applications. This paper presents a comprehensive study on harvesting energy from earthquake-induced structural vibrations, which is typically of low frequency, to power WSNs. A macroscale pendulum-type electromagnetic harvester (MPEH) is proposed, analyzed and experimentally validated. The presented predictive model describes output power dependence with mass, efficiency and the power spectral density of base acceleration, providing a simple tool to estimate harvested energy. A series of shaking table tests in which a single-storey steel frame model equipped with a MPEH has been carried out under earthquake excitations. Three types of energy harvesting circuits, namely, a resistor circuit, a standard energy harvesting circuit (SEHC) and a voltage-mode controlled buck-boost converter were used for comparative study. In ideal cases, i.e., resistor circuit cases, the maximum electric energy of 8.72 J was harvested with the efficiency of 35.3%. In practical cases, the maximum electric energy of 4.67 J was extracted via the buck-boost converter under the same conditions. The predictive model on output power and harvested energy has been validated by the test data.