Multi-mode and multi-axis vibration power generation effective for vehicles

Author

Hashimoto, Shuji ; Zhang, Ye ; Nagai, N. ; Fujikura, Y. ; Takahashi, Junji ; Kumagai, Shinya ; Kasai, Makoto ; Suto, Kuniaki ; Okada, H. ; Jiang, Wei

Author_Institution

Department of Electronic Engineering, Gunma University, 1-5-1 Tenjin, Kiryu, Gunma, 376-8515, Japan

fYear

2013

fDate

28-31 May 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper presents an effective method of power generation from the multi-mode and multi-axis vibration of a vehicle. First, road tests considering the mass and velocity variation are conducted and analyzed. Next, in order to select an optimal lead zirconate titanate (PZT) device for the power generation, no-load and load tests are performed. Based on the characteristic results of the vehicle´s vibration, a multi-mode and multi-axis power generator is proposed. Then, a prototype generator using the selected PZT device is developed. Finally, vibration experiments on both the vertical and horizontal axes are performed, and the effectiveness of the proposed multi-mode and multi-axis vibration power generator is verified through system identification results.

Keywords

Generators; Performance evaluation; Power generation; Roads; Vehicles; Vibrations; Windings;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics (ISIE), 2013 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Taipei, Taiwan

ISSN

2163-5137

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5194-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISIE.2013.6563689

Filename

6563689