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Optimization and performance improvement of an electromagnetic-type energy harvester with consideration of human walking vibration

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In this study, we derived an equation of motion for an electromechanical system in view of the components and working mechanism of an electromagnetic-type energy harvester (ETEH). An electromechanical transduction factor (ETF) was calculated using a finite-element analysis (FEA) based on Maxwell’s theory. The experimental ETF of the ETEH measured by means of sine wave excitation was compared with and FEA data. Design parameters for the stationary part of the energy harvester were optimized in terms of the power performance by using a response surface method (RSM). With optimized design parameters, the ETEH showed an improvement in performance. We experimented with the optimized ETEH (OETEH) with respect to changes in the external excitation frequency and the load resistance by taking human body vibration in to account. The OETEH achieved a performance improvement of about 30% compared to the initial model.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Convergence Engineering, Hanyang University, 216 Engineering Center, Hanyang University, Seoul, 04763, Korea

    Jongho Seo, **-Su Kim, Un-Chang Jeong & Yong-Dae Kim

  2. Department of System Dynamics, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM), Daejeon, 34103, Korea

    Young-Cheol Kim

  3. Department of System Reliability, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM), Daejeon, 34103, Korea

    Hanmin Lee

  4. School of Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University 211-2 Engineering Center, Hanyang University, Seoul, 04763, Korea

    Jae-Eung Oh

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Seo, J., Kim, JS., Jeong, UC. et al. Optimization and performance improvement of an electromagnetic-type energy harvester with consideration of human walking vibration. Journal of the Korean Physical Society 68, 431–442 (2016). https://doi.org/10.3938/jkps.68.431

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