An indoor air duct flow energy conversion system: Modeling and experiments

Fei Fei; John D. Mai; Wen Jung Li

doi:10.1109/CYBER.2013.6705423

An indoor air duct flow energy conversion system: Modeling and experiments

Fei Fei
, John D. Mai
, Wen Jung Li^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

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This paper presents an indoor, low-speed airflow, energy harvesting system based on aerodynamic flutter. Due to aerodynamic forces, mechanical vibrations occur when airflow passes across flexible belt-like structures. A linear electromagnetic generator has been designed to transfer this mechanical power into electricity based on Faraday's law. Based on a model which couples the aerodynamic flutter with the electromagnetic generator, the output electrical power can be estimated and optimized. The airflow from an air duct with a 0.5m x 0.5m cross-sectional area is used to drive an energy conversion device in experiments. The experimental results show that this prototype flutter energy conversion device (FECD) could provide nearly 2V_RMS voltage with a 2.5m/s airflow. A set of super capacitors is used as a temporary storage element. With a power management circuit, the entire energy harvesting device can operate as a stable 3.3V DC power source during a discharging cycle. © 2013 IEEE.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2013 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Technology in Automation, Control and Intelligent Systems, IEEE-CYBER 2013
Pages	75-80
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CYBER.2013.6705423
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	3rd Annual IEEE International Conference on Cyber Technology in Automation, Control, and Intelligent Systems, IEEE-CYBER 2013 - Nanjing, China Duration: 26 May 2013 → 29 May 2013 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/6691371/proceeding

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Conference	3rd Annual IEEE International Conference on Cyber Technology in Automation, Control, and Intelligent Systems, IEEE-CYBER 2013
Place	China
City	Nanjing
Period	26/05/13 → 29/05/13
Internet address	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/6691371/proceeding

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Aerodynamic flutter
Indoor energy harvesting
Simulink modeling

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Fei, F, Mai, JD & Li, WJ 2013, An indoor air duct flow energy conversion system: Modeling and experiments. in 2013 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Technology in Automation, Control and Intelligent Systems, IEEE-CYBER 2013., 6705423, pp. 75-80, 3rd Annual IEEE International Conference on Cyber Technology in Automation, Control, and Intelligent Systems, IEEE-CYBER 2013, Nanjing, China, 26/05/13. https://doi.org/10.1109/CYBER.2013.6705423

An indoor air duct flow energy conversion system: Modeling and experiments. / Fei, Fei; Mai, John D.; Li, Wen Jung.
2013 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Technology in Automation, Control and Intelligent Systems, IEEE-CYBER 2013. 2013. p. 75-80 6705423.

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