Comparison of the dielectric electroactive polymer generator energy harvesting cycles

Emmanouil Dimopoulos; Ionut Trintis; Stig Munk-Nielsen

doi:10.1117/12.2009480

9 April 2013 Comparison of the dielectric electroactive polymer generator energy harvesting cycles

Emmanouil Dimopoulos, Ionut Trintis, Stig Munk-Nielsen

Proceedings Volume 8687, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2013; 86870O (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2009480
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2013, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Dielectric ElectroActive Polymer (DEAP) generator energy harvesting cycles have been in the spotlight of the scientific interest for the past few years. Indeed, several articles have demonstrated thorough and comprehensive comparisons of the generator fundamental energy harvesting cycles, namely Constant Charge (CC), Constant Voltage (CV) and Constant E-field (CE), based on average theoretical models. Yet, it has not been possible until present to validate the outcome of those comparisons via respective experimental results. In this paper, all three primary energy harvesting cycles are experimentally compared, based upon the coupling of a DEAP generator with a bidirectional non-isolated power electronic converter, by means of energy gain, energy harvesting efficiency and energy conversion efficiency.

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Emmanouil Dimopoulos, Ionut Trintis, and Stig Munk-Nielsen "Comparison of the dielectric electroactive polymer generator energy harvesting cycles", Proc. SPIE 8687, Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2013, 86870O (9 April 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2009480

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