A rotational wearable energy harvester for human motion

  • Jiahong Lin
  • , Huicong Liu*
  • , Tao Chen
  • , Zhan Yang
  • , Lining Sun
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper presented a rotational electromagnetic energy harvester to scavenge the human kinetic energy and convert into electrical energy. The harvester simply introduced a cylindrical stator and disk-shaped rotor, which are made of NdFeB. Without complicated movement mechanism, the stator and rotor, of a higher pair have theoretical line contact by magnetic attractive force. Therefore, the rotor can easily rotate around the stator, avoiding unnecessary surface friction. In this paper, the wearable energy harvester was attached on human's ankle and wrist for harvesting body motion energy, such as jogging and running at different speeds. The relative movement between the fixed electromagnetic coil array and rotational magnetic rotor can generate electricity efficiently. At a running speed of 8 km/h, the maximum voltage and average power density can reach to 1.92 V and 0.2 mW/cm3, respectively. This rotational non-resonant energy harvester could be potentially used as alternative power source for smart wearable devices, such as wristwatch, heart-rate monitor, smart helmet and so on.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 IEEE 17th International Conference on Nanotechnology, NANO 2017
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages22-25
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781509030286
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Nov 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event17th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, NANO 2017 - Pittsburgh, United States
Duration: 25 Jul 201728 Jul 2017

Publication series

Name2017 IEEE 17th International Conference on Nanotechnology, NANO 2017

Conference

Conference17th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology, NANO 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPittsburgh
Period25/07/1728/07/17

Keywords

  • human motion
  • non-resonant
  • rotational
  • wearable energy harvester

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