• 전기학회논문지P
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• 제67권3호
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• pp.137-142
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• 2018

Energy harvesting technology is drawing attention as a means of collecting various eco-friendly energy and accumulating residual energy. Recently, differential power processing (DPP) is being developed as part of energy harvesting. This is being studied as a solution to the loss of power generation between power modules and the problems caused by module small losses depending on the size of power production. In this paper, we propose the necessity of the DPP by comparing and analyzing energy harvesting related module integration system and power supply efficiency of DPP. The power efficiency of the converter and the power difference between the wind power and the photovoltaic power supply have been changed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed system.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2006

In this paper, a novel power management structure for an energy harvesting pervasive system is proposed. The system considers the power state of each subsystem to assign proper power sources. The switch matrix structure utilizes each power source to reduce the peak current of the battery. The power management structure can be interfaced to an embedded system power supply without significant design change.

• 전력전자학회논문지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.243-250
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• 2020

Energy harvesting is a recent technology involving the harvest and utilization of extremely small surrounding energy. Energy harvesting research is conducted in various fields. Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) are energy harvesting technologies that use static electricity generated by physical movement or friction. Although TENGs generate output power in microwatt levels, they experience high internal impedance compared with other energy harvesting generators, thereby making the continuous transfer of electric power to loads difficult. This study proposes a power management system for TENGs that consists of three stages, that is, an AC/DC rectifier, an impedance coupler switch with a capacitor bank, and a DC/DC converter. In addition, the selection method of the AC/DC rectifier and DC/DC converter is proposed to maximize the amount of power transferred from energy harvesting areas. Furthermore, the impedance coupler switch and capacitor bank are discussed in detail. The validity and performance of the proposed three-stage power management system for TENGs are verified using a prototype system.

• International Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.47-52
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• 2015

The transient phenomenon of self-powered energy-harvesting is assessed using a bond-graph method. The bond-graph is an energy-based approach to describing physical-dynamic systems. It shows power flow graphically, which helps us understand the behavior of complicated systems in simple terms. Because energy-harvesting involves conversion of power in mechanical form to the electrical one, the bond-graph is a good tool to analyze this power flow. Although the bond-graph method can be used to calculate the dynamics of combining mechanical and electrical systems simultaneously, it has not been used for harvesting analysis. We demonstrate the usability and versatility of bond-graph for not only steady analysis but also transient analysis of harvesting.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.201-206
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• 2022

에너지 하베스팅(Harvesting)은 1954년 미국 벨 연구소가 태양광을 에너지로 바꾸는 태양전지 연구를 진행하면서 소개된 개념이다. 이러한 에너지 하베스팅 기술은 일상생활 속 버려지거나 미활용 되는 에너지를 모아 전력으로 재활용하는 기술로서 에너지를 효율적으로 활용할 수 있게 하는 친환경 에너지 방안 중 하나로서 다양한 에너지를 적용할 수 있다. 특별히 태양광발전시스템의 경우 맑은 날에 비해 흐린 날씨에 전력생산 Loss가 발생하는 형태로 인버터에서 발생하는 전력 소모를 줄이기 위해, 배터리를 이용하여 발생하는 전기를 저장함으로써 에너지 하베스팅을 적용할 수 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 일출, 일몰, 흐린 날씨 등의 낮은 일조량 구간에서 에너지 하베스팅 기술을 적용하여 인버터 동작 최저전압 이하 및 소멸하는 전력을 회수하여 발전량을 개선하고자 한다. 이에 따라 태양광발전 전력량에 따른 시스템 및 알고리즘 개발과 일몰, 일출, 그 밖에 환경에서 발전되는 저 전력을 이용한 시스템과 알고리즘 개발을 통해 연구내용을 증명하였다.

• 한국위성정보통신학회논문지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.71-76
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• 2015

본 연구는 LTE, 5G의 무선 통신네트워크망에서 효율적으로 무선에너지하비스팅과 데이터 전송 실시하기 위한 시스템 모델을 제시한다. 수신 된 신호의 파워를 타임 스위칭(Time Switching)과 파워 스플릿팅(Power Splitting) 기법을 통해 우리가 원하는 무선에너지하비스팅 효율과 데이터 전송률을 만족시키기 위한최적의 타암 & 파워 비율을 찾는다. 그래서 최적의 시간 & 파워 비율을 선정함으로써 우리는 효율적으로 데이터 전송과 에너지하비스팅이 가능하다. 또 이상적인 수신기와 제안한 시스템 모델의 비교를 통해 성능 분석을 실시하고, 앞으로의 연구방향을 제시한다.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2007년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.360-368
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• 2007

This paper is concerned with the development of piezoelectric energy harvesting device. Literature survey was carried out to investigate the state-of-art technology regarding piezoelectric energy harvesting method. It shows that the piezoelectric energy harvesting system has been researched as the needs for the auxiliary power system grow for ubiquitous sensor node. In this study, the piezoelectric energy harvesting system was constructed and the corresponding electric circuit was also built to investigate the power characteristics. Experimental results show that it can charge the small battery with ambient vibrations but still needs an effective mechanism to collect ambient energies.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.2441-2446
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• 2018

This paper presents a radio frequency-to-direct current (RF-to-DC) converter for special RF power harvesting application at 915 MHz. The major featured components of the proposed RF-to-DC converter is the combination of a cross-coupled rectifier and an active diode: first, the cross-coupled rectifier boosts the input voltage to desired level, and an active diode blocks the reverse current, respectively. A prototype was implemented using $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS technology, and the performance was proven from the fact that the targeted RF harvesting system's full-operation with higher power efficiency; even if the system's input power gets lower (e.g., from nominal 0 to min. -12 dBm), the proposed RF-to-DC converter constantly provides 1.47 V, which is exactly the voltage level to drive follow up system components like DC-to-DC converter and so on. And, maximum power conversion efficiency is 82 % calculated from the 0 dBm input power, 2.3 mA load current.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.759-768
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• 2022

A novel energy harvesting technique that uses conducted electromagnetic interference as an energy source is presented. Conducted EMI generated from fluorescent light using a switched-mode power supply was measured and modeled as an equivalent voltage source. Two types of rectifier circuits-a bridge rectifier and a voltage doubler-were used as the harvesting devices for conducted EMI source. The matching networks were designed based on the equivalent model, and the harvested power was improved. The implemented energy harvester produces a regulated power over 68.9 mW and current over 15.1 mA while a regulated voltage can be selected between 3.3 V and 5 V. The proposed system shows the highest harvesting power indoor environment and can provide enough power for the Internet of Things devices.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제25권9호
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• pp.78-85
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• 2008

Piezoelectric materials have been investigated as vibration energy converters to power wireless devices or MEMS devices due to the recent low power requirements of such devices and the advancement in miniaturization technology. Piezoelectric power generation can be an alternative to the traditional power source-battery because of the presence of facile vibration sources in our environment and the potential elimination of the maintenance required for large volume batteries. This paper represents the new power source which supplies energy device node. This system, called "energy harvesting system", with piezo materials scavenges extra energy such as vibration and acceleration from the environment. Then it converts the mechanical energy scavenged to electrical energy for powering device This paper explains the properties of piezo material through theoretical analysis and experiments The developed system provides a solution to overcome the critical problem of making up wireless device networks.