Clamped closed-loop flux guides for power line inductive harvesting
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Wright, Steven W
Kiziroglou, Michail E
Yeatman, Eric M
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
Inductive harvesting from existing power lines in vehicle, industrial and infrastructure environments offers an opportunity for providing energy autonomy to sensors in a wide range of environments with high sensing interest. Flux funnelling has been shown to improve the power density of such devices by over an order of magnitude. The requirement for retrofitting onto existing power lines leads to a demand for detachable magnetic core interfaces, which introduce gaps and uncertainty to device performance. In this paper, an inductive energy harvesting device design that addresses this challenge is introduced. The design allows the interfaces to be internal to the device housing. Repeatable fixing, with reduced sensitivity to installation practicalities and controllable force is achieved by a screw-pressing mechanism, and the employment of a hard polyoxymethylene housing material. This method is utilized in an inductive power-line prototype, demonstrating power output up to 260 mW from a 40 A RMS, 500 Hz current, emulating aircraft power lines.
Date Issued
2023-01-13
Date Acceptance
2023-01-01
Citation
2022 21st International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS), 2023, pp.82-85
Publisher
IEEE
Start Page
82
End Page
85
Journal / Book Title
2022 21st International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS)
Copyright Statement
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Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/powermems56853.2022.10007547
Source
2022 21st International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS)
Publication Status
Published
Start Date
2022-12-12
Finish Date
2022-12-15
Date Publish Online
2023-01-13