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Author: search.filters.author.Isarakorn, DonSubject: search.filters.subject.low-frequency vibration energy harvesting

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    A Comparative Study of the Electrical Characteristics of Piezoelectric and Triboelectric Nanogenerators for Energy-Harvesting Floor Tiles
    (2020-06-01)
    Yingyong, Phonexai
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    Thainiramit, Panu
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    Nundrakwang, Songmoung
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    Janphuang, Pattanaphong
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    Isarakorn, Don
    Piezoelectric and Triboelectric nanogenerators (PENG and TENG) have gained significant attention for use in self-powered electronics and sensing systems. They also have high potential to harvest energy from low-frequency vibration sources in the ambient environment. This paper investigated the performance and behavior of the two aforementioned nanogenerators based on energy-harvesting floor tiles by using a test bench to demonstrate the electrical characteristics output and comparing their power density output, energy density output, and other properties for characterization and scale-up in practical applications. The input used in the experiment varied the gap distance of the cover plate for the test bench with constant pneumatic pressure to excite the cover plate. The experimental results showed that the power density and energy density of PENG were higher than those of the TENG. The power density and energy density measured in 10 s under 2 Hz of input excitation of PENG and TENG at the gap width of 5 mm were 5773.35 μW/cm3, 1376.26 μJ/cm3 and 752.34 μW/cm3, 31.32 μJ/cm3, respectively. Due to their high output density, they enable promising possibilities to power small consumption electronics and sensing systems.
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    Performance and Behavior Analysis of Single-Electrode Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Energy Harvesting Floor Tiles
    (2020-06-01)
    Yingyong, Phonexai
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    Thainiramit, Panu
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    Vittayakorn, Naratip
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    Isarakorn, Don
    A triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) is a promising candidate for harvesting the wasted energy from the ambient environment and utilizing it as an independent power source for batteries used in wearable and portable devices as well as sensing systems. This paper investigated the performance and behavior of triboelectric energy harvesters based on energy harvesting floor tiles by applying different mechanical input parameters such as contact gap, velocity, and vibration frequency to characterize the electrical characteristics while maintaining the applied pressure of 600 kPa and temperature. The results revealed that massive air gap displacement tends to generate higher electrical output. This demonstrated that the device could generate 2294.14 μW of optimal power and 95.50 μJ of total energy in 10 s at the mechanical excited frequency of 2 Hz with a fixed gap displacement of 5 mm. Moreover, the output power is proportional to the velocity of the cover plate movement. In contrast, varying the relative humidity (%RH) showed that the TENG could generate high electrical output at low relative humidity. The proposed work demonstrates that the TENG can function as an energy-harvesting device from low-frequency mechanical vibration for energy harvesting floor tiles.
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    Performance and behavior analysis of piezoelectric energy harvesting floor tiles
    (2019-07-01)
    Panthongsy, Phosy
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    Isarakorn, Don
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    Hamamoto, Kazuhiko
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    Janphuang, Pattanaphong
    This paper presents the performance and behavior analysis of two unlike piezoelectric energy harvesting floor tiles in which they are functioned with different frequency up-conversion strategies to achieve the high energy conversion efficiency from low and variable-frequency vibration as the human footstep. One of such strategies is to convert the frequency of piezoelectric bimorph up through the magnetic interaction between a permanent magnet and an iron plate, while another one is achieved on that through the mechanical impact between a cover plate and a wall of the floor tile. Experimentally, the floor tiles having one piezoelectric bimorph inside of them are prototyped and then mounted to their individual input-exciting kit to investigate the energy harvesting performance. The input-exciting kits are employed to simulate the human footstep on floor tiles. The results show that the floor tile with frequency up-converting mechanism based on mechanical impact should be a better option for energy harvesting from human footstep due to the low-profile structure and good energy harvesting performance. Moreover, its operational way can result in long-lasting piezoelectric bimorph. When a cover plate is actuated to move down with the velocity of 54.13 mm/s and then released, the floor tile can produce the average power of 0.82 mW at load resistance approximately of 55.68 kΩ.