Lightweight energy harvesting backpack achieved with a slingshot-inspired flexible accelerator

IF 10.1 1区工程技术 Q1 ENERGY & FUELS

Applied Energy Pub Date : 2024-11-29 DOI:10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.124993

Hongyuan Zhao, Kangqi Fan, Shizhong Zhao, Shuxin Wu, Xuan Zhang, Zehao Hou

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Abstract

The energy harvesting backpack (EHB) has been recognized as a sustainable power source for wearable electronics, but its daily applications have been hindered by the rigid and heavy frame and accelerator structure. Therefore, a flexible and lightweight design strategy for EHBs is proposed based on a slingshot-inspired flexible accelerator (FA). The proposed FA accomplishes the speed acceleration for harvester actuation by rapidly releasing accumulated elastic potential energy. Then, a 1.9 kg electromagnetic EHB with the FA (FA-EEHB) is modeled, tested, and applied to wearable electronics. Actuated by 3.0 Hz ultralow-frequency vibrations, the FA-EEHB with a 2.0 kg payload can generate 215.1 mW output power, which is over eight times the 26.6 mW output of an EHB without FA. With a small payload of 1.0 kg, the FA-EEHB can work well over a large traveling speed range from 4 km/h to 9 km/h. The application experiment of the FA-EEHB was conducted at 5 km/h traveling speed with a 2.0 kg payload to demonstrate the ability to continuously power a lamp, charge a smartphone, and sustain a tracking and positioning system. This study provides a distinctive strategy for the flexible and lightweight design of EHBs with small payloads.

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Applied Energy 工程技术-工程：化工

CiteScore

21.20

自引率

10.70%

发文量

1830

审稿时长

41 days

期刊介绍： Applied Energy serves as a platform for sharing innovations, research, development, and demonstrations in energy conversion, conservation, and sustainable energy systems. The journal covers topics such as optimal energy resource use, environmental pollutant mitigation, and energy process analysis. It welcomes original papers, review articles, technical notes, and letters to the editor. Authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts that bridge the gap between research, development, and implementation. The journal addresses a wide spectrum of topics, including fossil and renewable energy technologies, energy economics, and environmental impacts. Applied Energy also explores modeling and forecasting, conservation strategies, and the social and economic implications of energy policies, including climate change mitigation. It is complemented by the open-access journal Advances in Applied Energy.