A Combination of Energy Harvesting and Wireless Power Transfer for Applications in Harsh Environments

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Authors

  • Kholoud Hamza
  • Ghada Bouattour
  • Carlo Trigona
  • Roberto La Rosa
  • Salvatore Baglio
  • Ahmed Fakhfakh
  • Olfa Kanoun

Energy Harvesting (EH) and power delivery are key technologies for self-powered systems for mobile electronics, the internet of things, and sensor networks. The excessive application of wires also increases the possibility of a short circuit and fire sparks. Wireless power transfer (WPT) is an excellent alternative for this problem that would eliminate cables and increase electrical safety. The current challenge of wireless power transfer is distance and misalignment. This paper investigates the effect of EH with WPT. The system works under a wide band of frequencies from 26 Hz to 30 Hz and various accelerations from 0.14 g to 0.19g. The harvester was implemented with electronic components and experimentally tested to determine the maximum generated power which is 330 m W at 560 Ω as load impedance at 29 Hz of the resonance frequency. Results showed that at an ideal distance and alignment and under different accelerations, the output voltage of the rectifier increased to 4.2 V at 0.19 g, and the DC-DC converter is stable to 3.2 V. The output voltage of the receiving coil is decreasing as the distance and the lateral misalignment are decreasing. The output voltage of the receiving coil value is obtained when the system is in ideal alignment and distance. The system can work under a wideband of distance from 0 mm to 8 mm and a wideband of lateral misalignment from 0 mm to 5 mm.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2022 19th IEEE International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices, SSD 2022
Number of pages6
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Publication date06.05.2022
Pages864-869
ISBN (print)978-1-6654-7109-1
ISBN (electronic)978-1-6654-7108-4, 978-1-6654-7107-7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 06.05.2022
Externally publishedYes
Event19th IEEE International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices, SSD 2022 - Setif, Setif, Algeria
Duration: 06.05.202210.05.2022
https://www.ajman.ac.ae/en/research/research-news/news/2022/19th-ieee-international-multi-conference-on-systems-signals-devices-ssd-2022-co-chaired-by-prof-mohamed-deriche-college-of-engineering-and-it#:~:text=After%20some%20a%20memorable%20week,taking%20place%20in%20Setif%2C%20Algeria.
https://ssd-conf.org/

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the DAAD foundation for supporting their work within the cooperation project "International Summer School Sensors for Body Area Networks (BASNet)" within the program: "Deutsch-Arabische Transformationspartnerschaft, Programmlinie 2: KurzmaBnahmen 2021", and the program "N.57552334, Research Stays for University Academics and Scientists 2021/2022".

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 IEEE.

    Research areas

  • Coils, Energy Harvesting, Energy Transfer, Vibrations, Wireless Power Transfer
  • Engineering