Publication detail

Kinetic Electromagnetic Energy Harvester for Railway Applications-Development and Test with Wireless Sensor

HADAŠ, Z. RUBEŠ, O. KŠICA, F. CHALUPA, J.

Original Title

Kinetic Electromagnetic Energy Harvester for Railway Applications-Development and Test with Wireless Sensor

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

This paper deals with a development and lab testing of energy harvesting technology for autonomous sensing in railway applications. Moving trains are subjected to high levels of vibrations and rail deformations that could be converted via energy harvesting into useful electricity. Modern maintenance solutions of a rail trackside typically consist of a large number of integrated sensing systems, which greatly benefit from autonomous source of energy. Although the amount of energy provided by conventional energy harvesting devices is usually only around several milliwatts, it is sufficient as a source of electrical power for low power sensing devices. The main aim of this paper is to design and test a kinetic electromagnetic energy harvesting system that could use energy from a passing train to deliver sufficient electrical power for sensing nodes. Measured mechanical vibrations of regional and express trains were used in laboratory testing of the developed energy harvesting device with an integrated resistive load and wireless transmission system, and based on these tests the proposed technology shows a high potential for railway applications.

Keywords

energy harvesting; train; electromagnetic transducer; model; vibration; test; wireless sensor

Authors

HADAŠ, Z.; RUBEŠ, O.; KŠICA, F.; CHALUPA, J.

Released

25. 1. 2022

Publisher

MDPI

Location

BASEL

ISBN

1424-8220

Periodical

SENSORS

Year of study

22

Number

3

State

Swiss Confederation

Pages from

1

Pages to

19

Pages count

19

URL

https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/3/905

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/203971

BibTex

@article{BUT177063,
  author="Zdeněk {Hadaš} and Ondřej {Rubeš} and Filip {Kšica} and Jan {Chalupa}",
  title="Kinetic Electromagnetic Energy Harvester for Railway Applications-Development and Test with Wireless Sensor",
  journal="SENSORS",
  year="2022",
  volume="22",
  number="3",
  pages="1--19",
  doi="10.3390/s22030905",
  issn="1424-8220",
  url="https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/3/905"
}