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A heaving point absorber‐based triboelectric‐electromagnetic wave energy harvester: An efficient approach toward blue energy
Author(s) -
Saadatnia Zia,
Asadi Ehsan,
Askari Hassan,
Esmailzadeh Ebrahim,
Naguib Hani E.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of energy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1099-114X
pISSN - 0363-907X
DOI - 10.1002/er.4024
Subject(s) - triboelectric effect , acoustics , energy harvesting , buoy , generator (circuit theory) , electric potential energy , stator , mechanical energy , electrical engineering , energy (signal processing) , engineering , physics , marine engineering , power (physics) , quantum mechanics
Summary This paper presents a hybridized triboelectric‐electromagnetic generator based on heaving point absorbers to harvest the energy of water waves. The device consists of a cylindrical freestanding grating triboelectric generator (TENG) and a 3‐phase tubular electromagnetic generator (EMG). The proposed system incorporates a slider which is capable of moving through a stator under the motion of a floating buoy. The floating component can heave up and down while facing water waves without being affected by the wave direction. The performance of the TENG and EMG units and corresponding electrical outputs are evaluated under various structural, dynamical, and electrical conditions. It is shown that the number of segments in the TENG unit, phase number in the EMG unit, and motion frequency in both harvesters are the key elements in the outputs of the hybridized system. For the first time, the effect of irregular wave motion on the TENG harvester performance is systematically explored using a well‐known wave spectrum. Also, the performance of the hybridized system for charging a storage unit is evaluated in details. The presented energy harvester shows a great potential toward harvesting the energy of water waves as well as hydrodynamic sensing applications. In addition, this research provides a framework for the exploration of irregular wave motion in TENG‐based energy harvesters.