• Smart Structures and Systems
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.333-343
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• 2019

The possibility of adopting vibration-powered wireless nodes has been largely investigated in the last years. Among the available technologies based on the piezoelectric effect, the most common ones consist of a vibrating beam covered by electroactive layers. Another energy harvesting strategy is based on the use of piezoelectric strips attached to a hosting structure subjected to dynamic loads. The hosting structure, for example, can be the system to be equipped with wireless nodes. Such strategy has received few attentions so far and no analytical studies have been presented yet. Hence, the original contribution of the present paper is concerned with the development of analytical solutions for the electrodynamic analysis and design of piezoelectric polymeric strips attached to relatively large linear elastic structural systems subjected to random vibrations at the base. Specifically, it is assumed that the dynamics of the hosting structure is dominated by the fundamental vibration mode only, and thus it is reduced to a linear elastic single-degree-of-freedom system. On the other hand, the random excitation at the base of the hosting structure is simulated by filtering a white Gaussian noise through a linear second-order filter. The electromechanical force exerted by the polymeric strip is negligible compared with other forces generated by the large hosting structure to which it is attached. By assuming a simplified electrical interface, useful new exact analytical expressions are derived to assess the generated electric power and the integrity of the harvester as well as to facilitate its optimum design.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.71-72
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 전자기유도현상을 이용한 에너지 하베스터의 AC 출력 전압을 DC 전압으로 바꾸는 고효율 정류회로를 제안한다. 하베스터에서 다이오드의 문턱전압보다 낮은 전압이 생산될 수도 있을 뿐더러, 더 높은 전압이 생산된다 해도 결국 다이오드 정류를 거치면 엄청난 손실이 생기기 때문에 기존의 다이오드를 이용한 정류회로는 작은 AC 전압을 생산해내는 전자기유도현상을 이용한 에너지 하베스터와는 맞지 않다. 따라서 제안하는 정류회로는 별도의 전원을 필요로 하지 않는 스위치 회로를 갖추어 MOSFET과 LC공진을 이용하여 부스팅 후 정류를 그 목적으로 한 고효율 정류회로이다. 본 논문에서는 MOSFET과 LC공진회로의 특성을 이용한 고효율 정류회로를 설계, 동작원리를 설명하고, PSIM 시뮬레이션을 통하여 그 유용성을 검증한다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.73-74
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• 2015

본 논문에서는 인체의 움직임에서 발생하는 낮은 주파수의 진동 에너지를 전기 에너지로 수확하는 전자기유도 현상 기반의 고효율 에너지 하베스터를 제작하였다. 제안된 하베스터는 기어모듈을 이용하여 사람이 인가하는 직선운동을 회전운동으로 바꾸는 방식으로 동작한다. 회전수를 늘리기 위해서 증속기어모듈을 달아 높은 회전비를 갖게 한다. 그리고 발전부의 자석들은 할바흐 배열을 통해 불필요한 곳의 자속을 최소한으로 하고 필요한 곳의 자속은 최대한으로 하여 높은 효율을 낼 수 있게 하였다. 제작된 전자기 에너지 하베스터의 출력전압은 230.9 mV이며 $18{\Omega}$에서 2.96 mW의 최대 피크 전력을 전달한다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.420-425
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• 2012

Lead-free piezoelectric ceramic/epoxy composites with '0-3' connectivity were prepared by cold-pressing with a temperature controlled curing method. A ceramic powder with a composition of $(Na_{0.51}K_{0.47}Li_{0.02})(Nb_{0.8}Ta_{0.2})O_3$ was synthesized by a conventional solid state reaction route. The dielectric and piezoelectric properties of ceramic/epoxy composites were characterized as a function of the volume fraction (${\phi}$) of piezoelectric ceramics, which was varied from 70 to 95 vol%. The results indicated that the piezoelectric properties of composites were significantly affected by the volume fraction of ceramics. In terms of the piezoelectric properties, specimens showed the best performance at ${\phi}$= 85 vol%, resulting in the piezoelectric constant $d_{33}$ of 39 pC/N and the figure of merit as a piezoelectric energy harvester ($d_{33}{\cdot}g_{33}$) of 1.24 $pm^2/N$.

• Composites Research
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• v.28 no.6
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• pp.383-388
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• 2015

Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite (IPMC) consisting of soft membrane plated by platinum electrode layers on both surfaces generates electric energy when subjected to various mechanical stimuli. The paper proposes a circuit model that describes the physical composition of IPMC to predict the voltage generation characteristic corresponding to bending motion. The parameter values in the model are identified to minimize the RMS error between the real and simulated outputs. Following the design of IPMC circuit model, the state observer of the model is designed by using pole placement technique which improves the model accuracy. State observer design technique is also applied to find the inverse model which estimates the input bending angles from the output voltage data. The results show that the inverse model estimates input bending angles fairly well enough for the further applications of IPMC not only as an energy harvester but also as a bending sensor.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2008.06a
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• pp.51-51
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• 2008

최근 센서, 전자기술의 발달은 소형 센서 기기의 구동에 필요한 파워를 줄여 주변의 진동이나 온도차등에서의 작은 에너지로도 센서 등의 소형 전자기기의 구동을 가능하게 했다. 이에 따라 전자기기의 구동에너지로써 에너지 하베스팅이 많은 관심을 받고 있다. 압전 효과를 이용하여 주변의 진동에너지를 전기에너지로 변화 시키는 압전에너지 하베스터는 온도차이나 태양광, 바람등과는 달리 날씨나 구동조건에 큰 영항을 받지 않는 장점과 그 크기가 비교적 소형이라는 장점이 있어 많은 연구가 진행되고 있다. 에너지 하베스터에서 생산된 에너지를 사용하기 위해서는 생산된 에너지를 저장장치에 저장해야 한다. 저장장치에 저장하기 위해서는 일정 이상의 전압과 많은 양의 전류가 있는 것이 효과적이다. 하지만 압전 세라믹의 출력 특성은 전압이 크고, 출력 전류가 작은 특성을 지지고 있어 충전 속도가 느리다는 문제점이 있다. 압전세라믹에서 발생되는 에너지는 세라믹의 두께와 세라믹의 전극면적에 비례하는데 각각 세라믹의 두께는 출력 전압에 영향을 주며, 세라믹의 전극면적은 발생하는 전하량에 영항을 준다. 이러한 압전체의 특징을 이용하여 본 연구에서는 압전체의 출력특성의 향상을 위하여 $10\times35mm^2$ 크기의 적층 세라믹을 제작하여 압전에너지 하베스터를 제작하였다. 적층 압전세라믹을 이용한 에너지 하베스터에서 3.5m/$s^2$ 24.6 ${\mu}m$의 진동에서 발생전압 2.14 V 에 발생전류 252 ${\mu}A$의 특성을 얻을 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.106-111
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• 2024

A triboelectric nanogenerator is a promising energy harvester operated by the combined mechanism of electrostatic induction and contact electrification. It has attracting attention as eco-friendly and sustainable energy generators by harvesting wasting mechanical energies. However, the power generated in the natural environment is accompanied by low frequencies, so that the output power under such input conditions is normally insufficient amount for a variety of industrial applications. In this study, we introduce a non-contact rotational triboelectric nanogenerator using pedaling and gear systems (called by P-TENG), which has a mechanism that produces high power by using rack gear and pinion gear when a large force by a pedal is given. We design the system can rotate the shaft to which the rotor is connected through the conversion of vertical motion to rotational motion between the rack gear and the pinion gear. Furthermore, the system controls the one directional rotation due to the engagement rotation of the two pinion gears and the one-way needle roller bearing. The TENG with a 2 mm gap between the rotor and the stator produces about the power of 200 ㎼ and turns on 82 LEDs under the condition of 800 rpm. We expect that P-TENG can be used in a variety of applications such as operating portable electronics or sterilizing contaminated water.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.79-87
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• 2015

This paper proposes a floating-type wave energy conversion system that consists of a mechanical part (yo-yo vibrating system, motion rectifying system, and power transmission system) and electrical part (power generation system). The yo-yo vibrating system, which converts translational input to rotational motion, is modeled as a single degree-of-freedom system. It can amplify the wave input via the resonance phenomenon and enhance the energy conversion efficiency. The electromechanical model is established from impedance matching of the mechanical part to the electrical system. The performance was analyzed at various wave frequencies and damping ratios for a wave input acceleration of 0.14 g. The maximum output occurred at the resonance frequency and optimal load resistance, where the power conversion efficiency and electrical output power reached 48% and 290 W, respectively. Utilizing the resonance phenomenon was found to greatly enhance the performance of the wave energy converter, and there exists a maximum power point at the optimum load resistance.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.719-730
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• 2021

We have demonstrated a sandwich-type ZnO-based piezoelectric energy harvesting nanogenerator, namely ZCZ-NG device, composed of symmetrically stacked layers of ZnO/carbon tape/ZnO structure. Especially, we have adopted a conductive double-sided adhesive carbon tape in an effort to fabricate a high-quality ZCZ-NG device, leading to its superior output performance in terms of the peak-to-peak output voltage. Effects of the device size, ZnO layer thickness, and bending strain rate on the device performance have been investigated by measuring the output voltage. Moreover, to evaluate the effectiveness of the fabricated ZCZ-NG devices, we have experimentally implemented a sensor network testbed which can utilize the output voltages of ZCZ-NG devices. This sensor network testbed consists of several components such as Arduino-based transmitter and receiver nodes, wirelessly transmitting the sensed information of each node. We hope that this research combining the ZnO-based energy harvesting devices and IoT sensor networks will contribute to the development of more advanced energy harvester-driven IoT sensor networks in the future.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.27 no.12
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• pp.17-27
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• 2022

In this paper, ED-H algorithm, an optimal real-time scheduling algorithm dealing with the characteristics of the integrated energy harvester system with a capacitor, is extended to satisfy the time constraint under the blackout state which is a deliberate power-off state by an intelligent power management unit adopted in the system. If the power supply system does not have enough energy, it temporarily shuts off the power supply to protect the circuit and capacitor and resumes the supply again when the capacitor is fully charged, which may delay the task execution during these blackout states by calculating the time according to the occurrence of the events. To mitigate the problem, even if task execution is delayed by the original ED-H algorithm, the remaining time of the subsequent time units no longer can afford to delay the execution of the task is predicted in the extended algorithm and the task is forced to be scheduled to meet the time deadline. According to the simulation results, it is confirmed that the algorithm proposed in this paper has a high scheduling performance increase of 0.4% to 7.7% depending on the characteristics of the set of tasks compared to the ED-H.