| Issue |
MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 211, 2018
The 14th International Conference on Vibration Engineering and Technology of Machinery (VETOMAC XIV)
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| Article Number | 05003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | EH: Energy Harvesting from Ambient Mechanical Oscillations | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201821105003 | |
| Published online | 10 October 2018 | |
Energy harvesting from passing train as source of energy for autonomous trackside objects
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology,
Technicka 2896/2,
616 69
Brno,
Czech Republic
* Corresponding author: hadas@fme.vutbr.cz
This paper deals with an energy harvesting review and analysis of an ambient mechanical energy on a trackside during a passing of a train. Trains provide very high level of vibration and deformation which could be converted into useful electricity. Due to maintenance and safety reasons a rail trackside includes sensing systems and number of sensor nodes is increased for modern transportation. Recent development of modern communication and ultra-low power electronics allows to use energy harvesting systems as autonomous source of electrical energy for these trackside objects. Main aim of this paper is model-based design of proposed vibration energy harvesting systems inside sleeper and predict harvested power during the train passing. Measurements of passing train is used as input for simulation models and harvested power is calculated. This simulation of proposed energy harvesting device is very useful for future design.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2018
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