Title: The effects of the electro-mechanical coupling and Halbach magnet pattern on energy harvesting performance of a two degree of freedom electromagnetic vibration energy harvester

Authors: Ran Zhang; Xu Wang; Hongli Shu; Sabu John

Addresses: School of Engineering, RMIT University, Australia ' School of Engineering, RMIT University, Australia ' Jiangxi Professional Institute of Mechatronics Technology, Nanchang North Development District, ICP 05001964, Fenglin Road, Jiangxi 330013, China ' School of Engineering, RMIT University, Australia

Abstract: This paper studies a two degree of freedom electromagnetic vibration energy harvesting system with a magnet arrangement of the Halbach array. A theoretical analysis and computational simulation of the system were established through frequency response analysis and time domain integration of the system motion equations using the Matlab Simulink software. The results of the theoretical analysis and simulation models were compared with the results of a series of experiments, verifying the analysis approach.

Keywords: electromagnetic; Halbach array; two degrees of freedom; 2DOF; vibration energy harvesting; coil profile; magnetic field intensity; electro-mechanical coupling; power output.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVNV.2018.095175

International Journal of Vehicle Noise and Vibration, 2018 Vol.14 No.2, pp.124 - 146

Received: 13 Jun 2017
Accepted: 03 Apr 2018

Published online: 01 Oct 2018 *

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