Modeling and analysis of micro piezoelectric power generators for micro-electromechanical-systems applications

By F Lu, H P Lee, S P Lim. 2003

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Subfields: Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

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Energy flow in piezoelectric energy harvesting systems (2010, methodology): “Energy flow charts were presented in [14, 15] to illustrate the energy flow within the PEH devices; yet, no further analysis on different branches of energy flow was provided in these literatures.”
Modeling and analysis of a bimorph piezoelectric cantilever beam for voltage generation (2007, unknown): “Other authors (Lu et al [13]) improved the electrical model by adding an electro-mechanical coupling that represents a dynamic behavior of the beam vibrating under a single degree of freedom.”
Fabrication and performance of MEMS-based piezoelectric power generator for vibration energy harvesting (2006, unknown): “Though piezoelectric 33-mode conversion can achieve higher voltage output, for very low-pressure source, limited size and the simplicity in electrode arrangement, the 31-mode conversion may have a greater advantage in MEMS application [11].”
Low frequency acoustic energy harvesting using PZT piezoelectric plates in a straight tube resonator (2013, background): “The output power from piezoelectric generators significantly depends on the electrical impedance of the external loading circuit [10, 13, 20–23].”
Piezoelectric energy harvesting from flow-induced vibration (2010, unknown): “Lu et al [5] described a piezoelectric laminated beam generator by bonding the piezoelectric element to a substructure undergoing bending.”
Sensitivity Analysis and Energy Harvesting for a Self-Powered Piezoelectric Sensor (2005, methodology): “Indeed, this power level is already enough for some wireless communication systems (Glynne-Jones et al., 2001; Lu et al., 2004)”
Energy Harvesting for Structural Health Monitoring Sensor Networks (2008, background): “Other than traditional piezoceramic and PVDF materials, several researchers have investigated the energy harvesting performance of lead magnesium niobate-lead titanate (PMN-PT) single-crystal devices [103, 114], a macro-fiber composite actuator [101], and a “cymbal” piezoelectric transducer [115], w”
Powering MEMS portable devices—a review of non-regenerative and regenerative power supply systems with special emphasis on piezoelectric energy harvesting systems (2008, background): “acoustic noise [47–49], thermoelectrics [50–52], electrostatic [47, 53, 54] and piezoelectric [55–58] devices.”
Model of a single mode energy harvester and properties for optimal power generation (2008, methodology): “This technique has been employed by Lu et al [20]; however, the model was not used to fully analyze the system.”
A piezoelectric power harvester with adjustable frequency through axial preloads (2007, background): “In their recent analysis on micro-piezoelectric generators, Lu et al [23] have studied the conversion of mechanical energies into electrical energies using a circuit represented by a resistor linked with a rectifier, although the rectification’s nonlinearity was not fully investigated.”
Energy harvesting vibration sources for microsystems applications (2006, background): “Capacitors, it is suggested, are better suited to duty cycled applications that only require a periodic power supply Further modelling and analysis of the influence of load resistance on the output power of cantilevered piezoelectric bimorph generators has been presented by Lu et al [64].”
Issues in mathematical modeling of piezoelectric energy harvesters (2008, methodology): “Among the other issues in Lu et al [16], the ultimate expression that relates the electrical power to tip vibration amplitude of the cantilever is highly deceptive as it lacks not only the information of higher vibration modes but also, more importantly, it misses the resonance phenomenon completely”
Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Solutions (2014, background): “Lu and colleagues [49] investigated the load resistance effort in case of bimorph cantilevers and pure resistive load.”
A review of power harvesting using piezoelectric materials (2003–2006) (2007, unknown): “Lu et al (2004) both designed and tested a micro-scale cantilever beam energy harvesting system.”