Power harvesting and management from vibrations: a multi-source strategy simulation for aircraft structure health monitoring

Hugo Durou; Carole Rossi; Magali Brunet; Claude Vanhecke; Nicolas Bailly; Gustavo Ardila; Lamine Ourak; Adrien Ramond; Patrice Simon; Pierre-Louis Taberna

doi:10.1117/12.810927

30 December 2008 Power harvesting and management from vibrations: a multi-source strategy simulation for aircraft structure health monitoring

Hugo Durou, Carole Rossi, Magali Brunet, Claude Vanhecke, Nicolas Bailly, Gustavo Ardila, Lamine Ourak, Adrien Ramond, Patrice Simon, Pierre-Louis Taberna

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Proceedings Volume 7268, Smart Structures, Devices, and Systems IV; 726810 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.810927
Event: SPIE Smart Materials, Nano- and Micro-Smart Systems, 2008, Melbourne, Australia

Abstract

Vibration harvesting has been intensively developed recently and systems have been simulated and realized, but real-life situations (including aircraft Structure Health Monitoring (SHM)involve uneven, low amplitude, low frequency vibrations. In such an unfavorable case, it is very likely that no power can be harvested for a long time. To overcome this, multi-source harvesting is a relevant solution, and in our application both solar and thermal gradient sources are available. We propose in this paper a complete Microsystem including a piezoelectric vibration harvesting module, thermoelectric conversion module, signal processing electronics and supercapacitor. A model is proposed for these elements and a VHDL-AMS simulation of the whole system is presented, showing that the vibration harvesting device alone cannot supply properly a SHM wireless node. Its role is nevertheless important since it is a more reliable source than thermoelectric (which depends on climatic conditions). Moreover, synergies between vibration harvesting and thermoelectric scavenging circuits are presented.

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Hugo Durou, Carole Rossi, Magali Brunet, Claude Vanhecke, Nicolas Bailly, Gustavo Ardila, Lamine Ourak, Adrien Ramond, Patrice Simon, and Pierre-Louis Taberna "Power harvesting and management from vibrations: a multi-source strategy simulation for aircraft structure health monitoring", Proc. SPIE 7268, Smart Structures, Devices, and Systems IV, 726810 (30 December 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.810927

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