Comparison of tubular and planar design of a micro linear generator for vibration energy harvesting

Vibration sources is available from many appliances such as motors, generators and rotating devices. This vibration can be harvested and converter to electrical energy to power up wireless sensor network and low power electronic devices. An energy harvester is attached to the vibrating source to har...

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Main Authors: Nor, N.I.M., Romlie, M.F., Kannan, R.
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
Record Id / ISBN-0: utp-eprints.25922 /
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2015
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spelling utp-eprints.259222021-08-27T13:36:02Z Comparison of tubular and planar design of a micro linear generator for vibration energy harvesting Nor, N.I.M. Romlie, M.F. Kannan, R. Vibration sources is available from many appliances such as motors, generators and rotating devices. This vibration can be harvested and converter to electrical energy to power up wireless sensor network and low power electronic devices. An energy harvester is attached to the vibrating source to harvest the energy. The use of micro linear generator comprising of magnet, moving rotor, stator and windings, will enable users to harvest the vibration energy. The generator converts the vibration energy to electrical energy. In this research, a model of a micro linear generator is presented. This paper focuses on comparing a tubular and a planar design of the micro linear generator for vibration energy harvesting. On top of that, the slotted and slot-less designs are also compared. With the Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software, Ansoft Maxwell, the magnetic flux, flux lines, magnetic field and induced voltage of the various designs of the generator are analysed. By evaluating the simulation results, the tubular slotted design is found to be the best design that produced the best output. © 2015 IEEE. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84964335226&doi=10.1109%2fCENCON.2015.7409545&partnerID=40&md5=fd5ce7986be35be758180024965602ad Nor, N.I.M. and Romlie, M.F. and Kannan, R. (2015) Comparison of tubular and planar design of a micro linear generator for vibration energy harvesting. In: UNSPECIFIED. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/25922/
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description Vibration sources is available from many appliances such as motors, generators and rotating devices. This vibration can be harvested and converter to electrical energy to power up wireless sensor network and low power electronic devices. An energy harvester is attached to the vibrating source to harvest the energy. The use of micro linear generator comprising of magnet, moving rotor, stator and windings, will enable users to harvest the vibration energy. The generator converts the vibration energy to electrical energy. In this research, a model of a micro linear generator is presented. This paper focuses on comparing a tubular and a planar design of the micro linear generator for vibration energy harvesting. On top of that, the slotted and slot-less designs are also compared. With the Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software, Ansoft Maxwell, the magnetic flux, flux lines, magnetic field and induced voltage of the various designs of the generator are analysed. By evaluating the simulation results, the tubular slotted design is found to be the best design that produced the best output. © 2015 IEEE.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Nor, N.I.M.
Romlie, M.F.
Kannan, R.
spellingShingle Nor, N.I.M.
Romlie, M.F.
Kannan, R.
Comparison of tubular and planar design of a micro linear generator for vibration energy harvesting
author_sort Nor, N.I.M.
title Comparison of tubular and planar design of a micro linear generator for vibration energy harvesting
title_short Comparison of tubular and planar design of a micro linear generator for vibration energy harvesting
title_full Comparison of tubular and planar design of a micro linear generator for vibration energy harvesting
title_fullStr Comparison of tubular and planar design of a micro linear generator for vibration energy harvesting
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of tubular and planar design of a micro linear generator for vibration energy harvesting
title_sort comparison of tubular and planar design of a micro linear generator for vibration energy harvesting
publisher Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
publishDate 2015
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