Resistive Impedance Matching Circuit for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting

A two-stage power conditioning circuit consisting of an AC-DC converter followed by a DC-DC converter is proposed for a vibration-based energy harvesting system. The power conditioning circuit intends to maximize the amount of power extracted from a piezoelectric energy harvester by matching the sou...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of intelligent material systems and structures 2010-09, Vol.21 (13), p.1293-1302
Hauptverfasser: Kong, Na, Ha, Dong Sam, Erturk, Alper, Inman, Daniel J.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A two-stage power conditioning circuit consisting of an AC-DC converter followed by a DC-DC converter is proposed for a vibration-based energy harvesting system. The power conditioning circuit intends to maximize the amount of power extracted from a piezoelectric energy harvester by matching the source impedance with the circuit by adaptively adjusting the duty cycle. An equivalent electrical circuit representation derived from a distributed-parameter piezoelectric energy harvester model is adapted to enable the impedance matching method proposed here. For a given piezoelectric energy harvester, there is a theoretical maximum power output that is determined by the mechanical damping, base acceleration, and the effective mass of the harvester structure under base excitation. Experimental results are given to validate the effectiveness of the proposed resistive impedance matching circuit around the first resonance frequency of a cantilevered piezoelectric energy harvester.
ISSN:1045-389X
1530-8138
DOI:10.1177/1045389X09357971