Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Controlled with an IGBT H-Bridge and Bidirectional Buck–Boost for Low-Cost 4G Devices

Teso-Fz-Betoño, Daniel; Aramendia, Iñigo; Martinez-Rico, Jon; Fernandez-Gamiz, Unai; Zulueta, Ekaitz

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Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Controlled with an IGBT H-Bridge and Bidirectional Buck–Boost for Low-Cost 4G Devices

Daniel Teso-Fz-Betoño

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System Engineering and Automation Control Department, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Nieves Cano 12, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

Nuclear Engineering and Fluid Mechanics Department, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Nieves Cano 12, 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

Automation and Control Unit, Fundación Tekniker, Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), 20600 Eibar, Spain

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Sensors 2020, 20(24), 7039; https://doi.org/10.3390/s20247039

Received: 29 September 2020 / Revised: 3 December 2020 / Accepted: 6 December 2020 / Published: 9 December 2020

(This article belongs to the Collection Underwater Sensor Networks and Internet of Underwater Things)

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In this work, a semi-submersible piezoelectric energy harvester was used to provide power to a low-cost 4G Arduino shield. Initially, unsteady Reynolds averaged Navier–Stokes (URANS)-based simulations were conducted to investigate the dynamic forces under different conditions. An adaptive differential evolution (JADE) multivariable optimization algorithm was used for the power calculations. After JADE optimization, a communication cycle was designed. The shield works in two modes: communication and power saving. The power-saving mode is active for 285 s and the communication mode for 15 s. This cycle consumes a determinate amount of power, which requires a specific piezoelectric material and, in some situations, an extra power device, such as a battery or supercapacitor. The piezoelectric device is able to work at the maximum power point using a specific Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) H-bridge controlled with a relay action. For the extra power supply, a bidirectional buck–boost converter was implemented to flow the energy in both directions. This electronic circuit was simulated to compare the extra power supply and the piezoelectric energy harvester behavior. Promising results were obtained in terms of power production and energy storage. We used 0.59, 0.67 and 1.69 W piezoelectric devices to provide the energy for the 4G shield and extra power supply device. View Full-Text

Keywords: piezoelectric; harvester; IGBT H-bridge; bidirectional buck–boost; low-cost 4G shield; supercapacitor

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Teso-Fz-Betoño, D.; Aramendia, I.; Martinez-Rico, J.; Fernandez-Gamiz, U.; Zulueta, E. Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Controlled with an IGBT H-Bridge and Bidirectional Buck–Boost for Low-Cost 4G Devices. Sensors 2020, 20, 7039. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20247039

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Teso-Fz-Betoño D, Aramendia I, Martinez-Rico J, Fernandez-Gamiz U, Zulueta E. Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Controlled with an IGBT H-Bridge and Bidirectional Buck–Boost for Low-Cost 4G Devices. Sensors. 2020; 20(24):7039. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20247039

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Teso-Fz-Betoño, Daniel, Iñigo Aramendia, Jon Martinez-Rico, Unai Fernandez-Gamiz, and Ekaitz Zulueta. 2020. "Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Controlled with an IGBT H-Bridge and Bidirectional Buck–Boost for Low-Cost 4G Devices" Sensors 20, no. 24: 7039. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20247039

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