Global stabilization control of high-energy responses of a nonlinear wideband piezoelectric vibration energy harvester using a self-excitation circuit

Norihiko Kitamura; Arata Masuda

doi:10.1117/12.2257858

11 April 2017 Global stabilization control of high-energy responses of a nonlinear wideband piezoelectric vibration energy harvester using a self-excitation circuit

Norihiko Kitamura, Arata Masuda

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Proceedings Volume 10164, Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems 2017; 101642L (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2257858
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2017, Portland, Oregon, United States

Abstract

This paper presents a resonance-type vibration energy harvester using a nonlinear oscillator with self-excitation circuit. The bandwidth of the resonance peak and the performance of the power generation at the resonance frequency are trade- offs for the conventional linear vibration energy harvester. A nonlinear oscillator can expand the resonance frequency band to generate larger electric power in a wider frequency range. However, it is difficult for the harmonically excited nonlinear vibration energy harvester to maintain the highest-energy response under the presence of disturbances since the nonlinear oscillator can have multiple stable steady-state solutions in the resonance band. In order to provide the global stability to the highest-energy solution, we introduce a self-excitation circuit which can destabilize other unexpected lower-energy solutions and entrain the oscillator only in the highest-energy solution. Numerical and experimental studies show that the proposed self-excitation control can provide the global stability to the highest-solution and maintain the high performance of the power generation in the widened resonance frequency band.

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Norihiko Kitamura and Arata Masuda "Global stabilization control of high-energy responses of a nonlinear wideband piezoelectric vibration energy harvester using a self-excitation circuit", Proc. SPIE 10164, Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems 2017, 101642L (11 April 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2257858

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