Summary of Energy Collection Application in Vehicle Tire Pressure Monitoring System

Abstract

Tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) is used to detect the tire pressure, temperature and many other parameters in real time. At present, most of these systems are powered by button batteries, which cannot last the entire lifetime of the device and periodic replacement or recharging is tedious. As a promising alternative method for batteries, harvesting energy from tire vibration has attracted widespread attention in recent years. In this paper, the research progress of energy collection for TPMS application is reviewed. Three transduction mechanisms used for tire vibration energy harvesting are focused and the output performance of energy harvesters are compared. The results of literature research show that the piezoelectric energy harvester is most suitable for TPMS power supply and in the design of energy harvester, not only consider the installation location, suitable speed range, energy requirements, but also pay attention to temperature, cost and other factors.