In-service demonstration of electromagnetic vibration energy harvesting technologies for heavy haul rail applications

Chandarin Ung; Scott D. Moss; Wing K. Chiu; Owen R. Payne; Luke A. Vandewater; Steve C. Galea

doi:10.1117/12.2084424

1 April 2015 In-service demonstration of electromagnetic vibration energy harvesting technologies for heavy haul rail applications

Chandarin Ung, Scott D. Moss, Wing K. Chiu, Owen R. Payne, Luke A. Vandewater, Steve C. Galea

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Proceedings Volume 9433, Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies 2015; 94330Z (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2084424
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2015, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The dominant vibration frequencies exhibited by heavy haul railcars (operating in remote regions of Western Australia) are found to be 5.8 Hz and 14.6 Hz for loaded and unloaded trips respectively. This paper describes the in-service demonstration of two electromagnetic vibration energy harvesting technologies designed to generated power from these railcar vibrations: (i) a coupled two-degree of freedom (2-DoF) device capable of capturing both dominant frequencies of the railcar and (ii) a hybrid rotary-translational harvester device based on a magnetic sphere capable of harvesting from ̴ 6 Hz. The two devices were laboratory tested prior to mounting on a heavy railcar for in-service demonstration. Within the laboratory the coupled 2-DoF device was found to produce a maximum peak output power of 350 mW from 0.4 g root-mean-square (rms) acceleration at 15 Hz and 230 mW from 6 Hz. The hybrid rotary-translational device based on an oscillating magnetic sphere can produce ̴138 mW from host vibration of 0.4 g rms at 5.4 Hz. This paper will discuss and compare the performance of the two prototypes, both within the laboratory and during the in-service demonstration on a heavy heal railcar.

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Chandarin Ung, Scott D. Moss, Wing K. Chiu, Owen R. Payne, Luke A. Vandewater, and Steve C. Galea "In-service demonstration of electromagnetic vibration energy harvesting technologies for heavy haul rail applications", Proc. SPIE 9433, Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies 2015, 94330Z (1 April 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2084424

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