| dc.contributor.author | Chew, ZJ | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ruan, T | |
| dc.contributor.author | Zhu, M | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bafleur, M | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dilhac, J-M | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-16T11:22:45Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-01-09 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In the context of wireless sensors (WSs)
autonomous in energy, this paper presents a single macro-fiber
composite (MFC) piezoelectric transducer which is used for the
first time as a multifunctional device as both sensor and energy
harvester in a time-multiplexing manner. The MFC is used as
an energy harvester to charge up a storage capacitor. When
there is sufficient energy, the WS is powered up and the MFC
is used as a sensor. A circuit was implemented to harvest
energy from the MFC and use the MFC as a sensor.
Experiment validation shows that the MFC has an accuracy of
up to 97 % as sensor and the circuit harvests energy from the
MFC at its maximum power point with up to 98 % efficiency. | en_GB |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This work was financially supported by EPSRC (EP/K017950) | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.citation | IEEE Sensors 2016, 30 October - 3 November 2016, Orlando, Florida | en_GB |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1109/ICSENS.2016.7808554 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/25219 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
| dc.publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) | en_GB |
| dc.rights | © 2016 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other users, including reprinting/ republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted components of this work in other works. | en_GB |
| dc.subject | energy harvesting | en_GB |
| dc.subject | multifunctional | en_GB |
| dc.subject | piezoelectric | en_GB |
| dc.subject | strain sensor | en_GB |
| dc.subject | structural health monitoring | en_GB |
| dc.title | A multifunctional device as both strain sensor and energy harvester for structural health monitoring | en_GB |
| dc.type | Conference paper | en_GB |
| dc.date.available | 2017-01-16T11:22:45Z | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-1-4799-8287-5 | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-1-4799-8288-2 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1930-0395 | |
| dc.description | This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from IEEE via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
