翼型颤振压电俘能器的输出特性研究

压电俘能器能够为自然界中低功率的微机电系统持续供能. 为了模拟机翼的沉浮?俯仰二自由度运动和有效俘获气动弹性振动能量, 本文提出一种新颖的翼型颤振压电俘能器. 基于非定常气动力模型, 推导翼型颤振压电俘能器流?固?电耦合场的数学模型. 建立有限元模型, 模拟机翼的沉浮?俯仰二自由度运动, 获得机翼附近的涡旋脱落和流场特性. 搭建风洞实验系统, 制作压电俘能器样机. 利用实验验证理论和仿真模型的正确性, 仿真分析压电俘能器结构参数对其气动弹性振动响应和俘获性能的影响. 结果表明: 理论分析、仿真模拟和实验研究获得的输出电压具有较好的一致性, 验证建立数学和仿真模型的正确性. 仿真分析获得机翼附近的压力场变化云图, 表明交替的压力差驱动机翼发生二自由度沉浮?俯仰运动. 当风速超过颤振起始速度时, 压电俘能器发生颤振, 并表现为极限环振荡. 当偏心距为0.3和风速为16 m/s时, 可获得最大输出电压为17.88 V和输出功率为1.278 mW. 功率密度为7.99 mW/cm3, 相比较于其他压电俘能器, 能实现优越的俘获性能. 研究结果对设计更高效的翼型颤振压电俘能器提供重要的指导意义.      

非对称势阱对三稳态压电俘能器性能的影响分析

为了探讨具有非对称势能函数的三稳态压电俘能器的优点,提出了一种具有不对称势能函数的三稳态结构。基于广义Hamilton变分原理,考虑梁端磁铁偏心距和转动惯量的影响,建立了非对称三稳态压电悬臂梁俘能系统的动力学方程,利用龙格-库塔法和多尺度法分析了初始振动点、外界激励等对存在非对称势阱的磁力式三稳态压电俘能系统响应的影响。结果表明:合适的起振位置和外部激励频率能使系统进入高能轨道,产生大幅阱间运动,提高系统的俘能效率。相比于忽略梁端磁铁偏心距和转动惯量的传统模型,修正模型的系统阱间运动频带宽度及输出功率峰值的计算结果均明显增大。     

三稳态压电俘能器的势能函数及对其性能的影响

基于压电本构方程、牛顿第二定律和基尔霍夫定律,推导了机械式三稳态非线性压电俘能器的数学模型,采用数值方法研究了压电俘能器的势能函数及其对系统动力学响应和俘能特性的影响,同时,分析了刚度比和弹簧位置参数对势能函数性状的影响。研究结果表明:三稳态压电俘能器系统的势能函数具有三个势阱且具有对称性,当系统初始位置位于较浅的势阱附近时,系统将更容易做大幅阱间运动,降低有效俘能的激励幅值阈值,能够在较小的激励幅值下产生较大的均方根电压;在阱间运动情况下,势阱宽度越大,系统的均方根电压越大;弹簧位置参数和刚度比等系统参数会影响势阱深度与势阱宽度的大小,通过合理地设计系统参数,能有效提高系统均方根电压、降低有效俘能的激励幅值阈值。     

梁端磁铁尺寸对三稳态压电俘能器性能影响分析

考虑梁端磁铁的尺寸效应和转动惯量,利用广义Hamilton变分原理,建立了较为准确的非线性三稳态压电悬臂梁俘能系统的分布参数型力电耦合运动方程。采用多尺度法求出了该系统运动方程的解析解,主要研究了磁铁间的相对位置、负载阻抗以及梁端磁铁偏心距和质量对俘能系统性能的影响。结果表明:改变梁端磁铁偏心距和质量对阱间运动最优负载阻抗的影响明显;通过调节磁铁间的相对位置可以改变内、外势阱深度,从而改善俘能效率;阱间运动的最大输出功率和频带宽度随着梁端磁铁偏心距的增加而增大;增加梁端磁铁质量可以大幅拓宽阱间运动的工作频率范围,有效地提高阱间运动的输出功率。     

基于人体运动的压电-电磁混合式振动能量采集研究

将人体运动产生的动能转化为可利用的电能为传感器供电一直是能量采研究中的一个热点。如何有效利用人体运动，增强环境适应能力以及提高能量采集性能仍是俘能研究中需要解决的关键问题。本文基于人体运动特性，设计了一种新型的混合式能量采集器，同时具有压电和电磁转化机制。压电俘能是基于压电梁变形产生电能，电磁发电机采用堆叠磁组构型来切割线圈产生电动势。首先建立了混合式能量采集器的动力学理论模型，用来描述输出电压特性，并与实验进行了对比验证。理论与实验研究均表明，混合式俘能器的输出电压在一定激励频率范围内出现两个波峰。通过调节压电梁长度，可以改变峰值大小以及两个峰值间的频段范围。人体运动实验表明，混合式俘能器中可以在短时间内提供较高的电压输出，比如当跑步速度为5km/h时，3s内就可以输出1.1V直流电压驱动传感器工作；跑步时长为30s时，传感器正常工作时常可以达到77s。本文设计的混合式俘能器不仅可以快速供电，还具有较强的续航能力，这为电池充电或传感器供电提供了潜在的应用价值。     

基于多尺度法双稳态压电俘能器动力特性分析

基于欧拉-伯努利梁假设,推导了双稳态悬臂式压电俘能系统的分布参数模型,建立了分析该模型的多尺度法并获得了系统的动力响应解析表达式,论证了多尺度法分析双稳态压电俘能器性能的可行性;研究了磁铁间距、外部激励的幅值、阻尼比、力电耦合系数、负载阻抗等参数对俘能系统性能的影响。结果表明:产生阱间运动的激励幅值阈值与激励频率、两磁铁间距有关,低于激励阈值仅有阱内运动产生;输出功率并不是随着力电耦合系数增大而增加,而是存在最优力电耦合系数产生最大的输出功率,力电耦合系数大于最优值后,阱间运动输出功率减小;随着两磁铁间距的增大,阱间运动的频带宽度减小;减小系统的阻尼比可以有效地拓宽系统的阱间运动频带并获得较高的输出功率。通过优化设计、合理地调节各参数,可以提高压电俘能系统的输出功率和拓宽系统的工作频带宽度。     

基于等效电路法的变三角截面驰振压电能量收集研究

随着能源危机的逐渐加剧，人们对压电俘能器研究的投入也与日俱增，目前常见的研究压电俘能器的模拟方法只能研究其接入简单的单一电阻负载电路时的性能，且不能解决压电俘能器的高强度直流电路耦合问题。因此，本文借助二阶范德波尔控制方程将压电俘能器的主要部件等效为电子元件，进而基于等效电路法建立了与变三角截面驰振压电振动俘能器相对应的等效电路模型。借助风洞实验验证了所建立的等效电路模型的准确性。采用该模型研究了外接电路，钝体顶角，外接电阻和来流速度对变三角截面驰振压电俘能器输出电压，输出功率和响应位移的影响，结果表明，随着电阻的增大，输出电压逐渐增大且增长率逐渐减小。交直流电路的最佳负载分别为1.05 MΩ和1.4 MΩ，当风速为7.03 m/s，钝体顶角为90°时，交直流电路输出电压和输出功率的峰值分别为41.34 V，0.974 mW和50.8 V，0.616 mW。随着钝体顶角的增大，输出电压，输出功率和响应位移均逐渐增大且增大的速度逐渐减小。等效电路模型可以高效，准确地对不同结构参数下和外界电路下的压电振动俘能器的输出功率，输出电压，响应位移及其影响因素进行研究，所提出的等效电路模型于加快对压电振动俘能器的研究与推广应用具有一定意义。     

双稳态压电俘能器的簇发振荡与俘能效率分析

本文从理论上分析了双稳态压电俘能器在高频激励下的动力学行为和低频激励下的簇发振荡, 旨在为系统找到多条高能轨道从而提高俘能效率. 首先, 介绍了双稳态压电俘能器的结构以及一般模型. 与工程上研究俘能器的目的不同, 本文主要从动力学方面分析了俘能器的运动, 电压输出与效率, 包括高频激励下系统的低能阱内周期运动、阱间混沌运动等, 并说明了单个低频激励下双稳态压电俘能器会在阱间高能轨道上发生簇发振荡, 但在阱内低能轨道上只做周期运动. 同时, 结合振幅以及势阱深度等因素对簇发振荡的存在性和强度进行分析. 为了说明高能轨道与低能轨道对系统俘能效率的影响, 讨论了不同的等效阻尼、负载电阻下俘能器输出电压的变化, 找到了最优匹配. 最后, 对于多个低频外激励的情况, 从不同的轨道组合模式上得到了双高能簇发振荡模式输出的电压最大, 其次是单高能簇发振荡与单低能周期振荡的组合模式, 输出电压最低的是双低能周期振荡模式. 并与单个外激励进行对比, 表现了多个激励的良好性能.      

线形?拱形组合梁式三稳态压电俘能器动力学特性研究

利用振动能量俘获技术将设备工况振动能转化为电能, 为实现煤矿井下无线监测节点自供电提供了新的思路. 通过引入非线性磁力设计了一种线形?拱形组合梁式三稳态压电俘能器, 分析了磁铁水平间距、垂直间距和激励加速度对动力学特性的影响规律. 利用磁偶极子法建立磁力模型, 通过实验测量线形?拱形组合梁的恢复力, 并采用多项式拟合得到恢复力模型, 基于欧拉?伯努利梁理论和拉格朗日方程建立系统的动力学模型, 从时域角度仿真分析了磁铁水平间距、垂直间距和激励加速度对系统动力学特性的影响规律. 研制线形?拱形组合梁式三稳态压电俘能器样机并搭建实验平台进行实验研究, 通过采集组合梁末端响应速度数据, 验证了理论分析的正确性. 研究表明: 引入非线性磁场能够使系统势能呈现单势阱、双势阱或三势阱, 激励一定时, 调整磁铁水平间距和垂直间距能够使系统实现单稳态、双稳态或三稳态运动, 且在三稳态运动时响应位移较大, 增大激励水平有利于系统越过势垒实现大幅响应. 研究为线形?拱形组合梁式三稳态压电俘能器的设计提供了理论指导.      

面向压电振动能量俘获的电能管理电路综述

随着物联网(internet of things, IoT)技术的高速发展, 传统的电池供电方式已经不能满足其供电需求. 利用压电能量俘获技术将机械能转换为电能, 可为IoT提供持久的电能, 具有广阔的应用前景. 本文在讨论压电振动俘能器的电学特性基础上, 全面总结了面向压电振动俘能器的电能管理电路的最新研究成果. 电能管理电路通常由AC-DC变换和DC-DC开关变换器(包括控制算法)两部分组成, 前者用于将压电振动俘能器输出的交流电转变为直流电, 后者用于提高能量俘获效率. 首先, 针对AC-DC变换, 分析了全桥整流器、电压倍增器、同步开关电感电路和同步开关电容电路的工作原理和优缺点. 接着, 重点讨论了用于压电振动俘能器的典型开关变换器电路, 包括电感式、全电容式和变压器式DC-DC开关变换器以及AC-DC开关变换器, 分析了它们的特点和适用场合. 最后, 针对压电振动俘能器的特点, 分析了实现最大能量俘获的几种典型控制算法, 包括最大功率点跟踪、阻抗匹配和同步电荷提取控制算法. 本文通过对面向压电振动俘能器的电能管理电路的全面分析和综述, 揭示了该领域目前存在的瓶颈问题, 并展望了其未来发展方向, 对压电能量俘获自供电系统的研究和开发具有重要的参考价值.      

Power extraction from aeroelastic limit cycle oscillations

Nonlinear limit cycle oscillations of an aeroelastic energy harvester are exploited for enhanced piezoelectric power generation from aerodynamic flows. Specifically, a flexible beam with piezoelectric laminates is excited by a uniform axial flow field in a manner analogous to a flapping flag such that the system delivers power to an electrical impedance load. Fluid–structure interaction is modeled by augmenting a system of nonlinear equations for an electroelastic beam with a discretized vortex-lattice potential flow model. Experimental results from a prototype aeroelastic energy harvester are also presented. Root mean square electrical power on the order of 2.5 mW was delivered below the flutter boundary of the test apparatus at a comparatively low wind speed of 27 m/s and a chord normalized limit cycle amplitude of 0.33. Moreover, subcritical limit cycles with chord normalized amplitudes of up to 0.46 were observed. Calculations indicate that the system tested here was able to access over 17% of the flow energy to which it was exposed. Methods for designing aeroelastic energy harvesters by exploiting nonlinear aeroelastic phenomena and potential improvements to existing relevant aerodynamic models are also discussed.     

Design of piezoaeroelastic energy harvesters

We design a piezoaeroelastic energy harvester consisting of a rigid airfoil that is constrained to pitch and plunge and supported by linear and nonlinear torsional and flexural springs with a piezoelectric coupling attached to the plunge degree of freedom. We choose the linear springs to produce the minimum flutter speed and then implement a linear velocity feedback to reduce the flutter speed to any desired value and hence produce limit-cycle oscillations at low wind speeds. Then, we use the center-manifold theorem to derive the normal form of the Hopf bifurcation near the flutter onset, which, in turn, is used to choose the nonlinear spring coefficients that produce supercritical Hopf bifurcations and increase the amplitudes of the ensuing limit cycles and hence the harvested power. For given gains and hence reduced flutter speeds, the harvested power is observed to increase, achieve a maximum, and then decrease as the wind speed increases. Furthermore, the response undergoes a secondary supercritical Hopf bifurcation, resulting in either a quasiperiodic motion or a periodic motion with a large period. As the wind speed is increased further, the response becomes eventually chaotic. These complex responses may result in a reduction in the generated power. To overcome this adverse effect, we propose to adjust the gains to increase the flutter speed and hence push the secondary Hopf bifurcation to higher wind speeds.     

Enhanced galloping energy harvester with cooperative mode of vibration and collision

The low power and narrow speed range remain bottlenecks that constrain the application of small-scale wind energy harvesting. This paper proposes a simple, low-cost, and reliable method to address these critical issues. A galloping energy harvester with the cooperative mode of vibration and collision (GEH-VC) is presented. A pair of curved boundaries attached with functional materials are introduced, which not only improve the performance of the vibration energy harvesting system, but also convert more mechanical energy into electrical energy during collision. The beam deforms and the piezoelectric energy harvester (PEH) generates electricity during the flow-induced vibration. In addition, the beam contacts and separates from the boundaries, and the triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) generates electricity during the collision. In order to reduce the influence of the boundaries on the aerodynamic performance and the feasibility of increasing the working area of the TENG, a vertical structure is designed. When the wind speed is high, the curved boundaries maintain a stable amplitude of the vibration system and increase the frequency of the vibration system, thereby avoiding damage to the piezoelectric sheet and improving the electromechanical conversion efficiency, and the TENG works with the PEH to generate electricity. Since the boundaries can protect the PEH at high wind speeds, its stiffness can be designed to be low to start working at low wind speeds. The electromechanical coupling dynamic model is established according to the GEH-VC operating principle and is verified experimentally. The results show that the GEH-VC has a wide range of operating wind speeds, and the average power can be increased by 180% compared with the traditional galloping PEH. The GEH-VC prototype is demonstrated to power a commercial temperature sensor. This study provides a novel perspective on the design of hybrid electromechanical conversion mechanisms, that is, to combine and collaborate based on their respective characteristics.

     

Piezoelectric energy harvesting from concurrent vortex-induced vibrations and base excitations

We investigate the potential of using a piezoelectric energy harvester to concurrently harness energy from base excitations and vortex-induced vibrations. The harvester consists of a multilayered piezoelectric cantilever beam with a circular cylinder tip mass attached to its free end which is placed in a uniform air flow and subjected to direct harmonic excitations. We model the fluctuating lift coefficient by a van der Pol wake oscillator. The Euler–Lagrange principle and the Galerkin procedure are used to derive a nonlinear distributed-parameter model for a harvester under a combination of vibratory base excitations and vortex-induced vibrations. Linear and nonlinear analyses are performed to investigate the effects of the electrical load resistance, wind speed, and base acceleration on the coupled frequency, electromechanical damping, and performance of the harvester. It is demonstrated that, when the wind speed is in the pre- or post-synchronization regions, its associated electromechanical damping is increased and hence a reduction in the harvested power is obtained. When the wind speed is in the lock-in or synchronization region, the results show that there is a significant improvement in the level of the harvested power which can attain 150 % compared to using two separate harvesters. The results also show that an increase of the base acceleration results in a reduction in the vortex-induced vibrations effects, an increase of the difference between the resonant excitation frequency and the pull-out frequency, and a significant effects associated with the quenching phenomenon.     

Investigations on the presence of electrical frequency on the characteristics of energy harvesters under base and galloping excitations

The characteristics and performance of piezoelectric energy harvesters concurrently subjected to galloping and base excitations when using a complex electrical circuit are studied. The considered energy harvester is composed of a bilayered cantilever beam with a square cylindrical structure at its tip. Euler–Bernoulli beam theory, nonlinear quasi-steady hypothesis, and Galerkin method are used to develop a reduced order model of this system. The electrical circuitry of the harvester consists of a load resistance, a capacitance, and an inductance. The impacts of the electrical components of the harvester’s circuitry, the wind speed, and the base excitation frequency and acceleration on the broadband characteristics of the harvester, quenching phenomenon, and appearance of new nonlinear behaviors are deeply investigated and discussed. Different methods were used to characterize the new nonlinear phenomena that took place due to mechanical electrical interaction like the power spectrum and time history. When both coupled frequencies of electrical and mechanical types exist and are far from each other, it is shown that the quenching phenomenon is only related to the coupled frequency of mechanical type. It was also proven that this configuration results on high harvested power with low displacement near the electrical frequency. On the other hand, for a well-defined choice of the electrical components, the results show that a broadband configuration of the harvester can be designed. It is also indicated that the quenching phenomenon interacts with the appearance of hysteresis regions that depends on the value of the base acceleration and initial conditions. Moreover, it was shown that the presence of this inductance may result in broadband system harvesting more power from both galloping and base excitation.     

面内压电振动能量采集动力学设计与性能研究

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