The University of Southampton
University of Southampton Institutional Repository

Rotational energy harvesting for self-powered sensing

Rotational energy harvesting for self-powered sensing
Rotational energy harvesting for self-powered sensing
Advances in wireless sensors, biomedical devices, and micro-robotics exert more pressure on creating reliable, miniaturized, and self-sustained energy supply solutions for these micro-electromechanical systems. Rotational energy harvesting (REH) is one of the rapidly growing areas for self-powered electronics using available rotational energy or energy converted from other sources in the environment. This paper comprehensively reviews the state-of-the-art progress in REH in terms of the available energy characteristics, harvester categories, adopted methodologies and mechanisms, and promising applications. Unique mechanisms and methodologies, such as using gravity and centrifugal force combined with other nonlinear mechanisms, are discussed and characterized. In terms of applications, wearable and implantable devices, automotive, rotating machines, renewable energy systems, and environmental sensing are discussed and reviewed to illustrate how rotational energy harvesters have been developed and adopted accordingly. Based on progress to date, the key developments, critical challenges, and issues are summarized and discussed. Moving forward, an outlook is presented to outline potential research directions and opportunities in this area.
2542-4351
1074-1118
Fu, Hailing
ef18e340-f71f-4500-a3c8-5aafbae5167d
Mei, Xutao
199c5c07-6652-4df0-8ef3-e99013485d5c
Yurchenko, Daniil
51a2896b-281e-4977-bb72-5f96e891fbf8
Zhou, Shengxi
c9ad9a91-4e40-47bb-909c-dcc41dfa4d20
Theodossiades, Stephanos
eb1a513f-5502-4884-bf6a-873458497079
Nakano, Kimihiko
37314831-0f74-4062-b98a-b1d36cec7864
Yeatman, Eric M.
cfcf6b8a-a153-41a6-bdf4-dc5e5ff70b3b
Fu, Hailing
ef18e340-f71f-4500-a3c8-5aafbae5167d
Mei, Xutao
199c5c07-6652-4df0-8ef3-e99013485d5c
Yurchenko, Daniil
51a2896b-281e-4977-bb72-5f96e891fbf8
Zhou, Shengxi
c9ad9a91-4e40-47bb-909c-dcc41dfa4d20
Theodossiades, Stephanos
eb1a513f-5502-4884-bf6a-873458497079
Nakano, Kimihiko
37314831-0f74-4062-b98a-b1d36cec7864
Yeatman, Eric M.
cfcf6b8a-a153-41a6-bdf4-dc5e5ff70b3b

Fu, Hailing, Mei, Xutao, Yurchenko, Daniil, Zhou, Shengxi, Theodossiades, Stephanos, Nakano, Kimihiko and Yeatman, Eric M. (2021) Rotational energy harvesting for self-powered sensing. Joule, 5 (5), 1074-1118. (doi:10.1016/j.joule.2021.03.006).

Record type: Review

Abstract

Advances in wireless sensors, biomedical devices, and micro-robotics exert more pressure on creating reliable, miniaturized, and self-sustained energy supply solutions for these micro-electromechanical systems. Rotational energy harvesting (REH) is one of the rapidly growing areas for self-powered electronics using available rotational energy or energy converted from other sources in the environment. This paper comprehensively reviews the state-of-the-art progress in REH in terms of the available energy characteristics, harvester categories, adopted methodologies and mechanisms, and promising applications. Unique mechanisms and methodologies, such as using gravity and centrifugal force combined with other nonlinear mechanisms, are discussed and characterized. In terms of applications, wearable and implantable devices, automotive, rotating machines, renewable energy systems, and environmental sensing are discussed and reviewed to illustrate how rotational energy harvesters have been developed and adopted accordingly. Based on progress to date, the key developments, critical challenges, and issues are summarized and discussed. Moving forward, an outlook is presented to outline potential research directions and opportunities in this area.

Text
Rotational_Energy_Harvesting_Review
Restricted to Registered users only
Download (8MB)
Request a copy

More information

e-pub ahead of print date: 19 May 2021

Identifiers

Local EPrints ID: 468161
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/468161
ISSN: 2542-4351
PURE UUID: c3dd24d9-40ac-4fb3-94e6-6eb7f3b2e44f
ORCID for Daniil Yurchenko: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4989-3634

Catalogue record

Date deposited: 04 Aug 2022 16:37
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 04:11

Export record

Altmetrics

Contributors

Author: Hailing Fu
Author: Xutao Mei
Author: Daniil Yurchenko ORCID iD
Author: Shengxi Zhou
Author: Stephanos Theodossiades
Author: Kimihiko Nakano
Author: Eric M. Yeatman

Download statistics

Downloads from ePrints over the past year. Other digital versions may also be available to download e.g. from the publisher's website.

View more statistics

Atom RSS 1.0 RSS 2.0

Contact ePrints Soton: eprints@soton.ac.uk

ePrints Soton supports OAI 2.0 with a base URL of http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/cgi/oai2

This repository has been built using EPrints software, developed at the University of Southampton, but available to everyone to use.

We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue without changing your settings, we will assume that you are happy to receive cookies on the University of Southampton website.

×