Project Title:
SMALL ENERGY HARVESTER BASED ON MAGNETOSTRICTIVE AMORPHOUS AND NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS
Project Acronym: STREAM
Contract No. 7-059/2012
Consortium:
● National Institute of Research and Development for Technical Physics, Iaşi, Romania (NIRDTP)
● Institute of Experimental Physics - Slovak Academy of Sciences Kosice, Slovakia (IEP-SAS)
● GRADIENT SRL, Iaşi, Romania
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Horia Chiriac
Tel: +40232430680
Duration of the Project: 02.05.2012-15.12.2014
Project Funding: 425,000 EUR
Summary of the Project:
The major challenge in this project is the achievement of an energy harvesting device (EHD) prototype used to power a smart autonomous system such as a wireless sensors network, an autonomous sensor or an array of autonomous sensors. There is an increased requirement for the development of autonomous smart systems, such as sensor arrays, which could operate for long periods of time without the need of external power supply and regular maintenance. The most promising solution is to integrate energy harvesting devices (EHDs) into such systems to allow them to operate independently. The EHD prototype based on amorphous and nanocrystalline ribbons, will be able to convert mechanical vibrations to electricity. Such an EHD having embedded wireless microsensors can provide continuous monitoring of machine and/or structural health without the expense and inconvenience of using service personal in different area with high risks.
The performance of the amorphous and/or nanocristalyne ribbon based EHD is related to:
(i) the material properties – including the use of amorphous and nanocrystalline ribbons;
(ii) the design of the EHD – including its mechanical system and the coil;
(iii) the electrical circuits which connect to the electric power storage system.
Phases of the Project:
Stage 1: Design and optimization of the amorphous and nanocrystalline magnetostrictive materials (2012)
Stage 2: Design, development and optimization of the EHD prototype (2013)
Stage 3: Testing and demonstration of the EHD prototype. Exploitation of the results, management and dissemination (2014)
Activity Report (in Romanian)
OBTAINED RESULTS:
Energy Harvesting Device (EHD) based on amorphous/nanocrystalline Fe-based melt-spun ribbons - PROTOTYPE
Device for converting mechanical vibrations energy into electric energy and process for making the same
Patent Number(s): RO129047-A0 ; RO129047-A3
Inventor(s): CHIRIAC H, ŢIBU M, OVARI T A, LUPU N
Patent Assignee: INSTITUTUL NAŢIONAL DE CERCETARE-DEZVOLTARE PENTRU FIZICĂ TEHNICĂ - IFT IAŞI
Tuning of soft magnetic properties in FeCo- and FeNi-based amorphous and nanocrystalline alloys by thermal processing in external magnetic field
I. Škorvánek, J. Marcin, J. Kováč, P. Švec, N. Lupu, H. Chiriac
Materials Science Forum 783-786 (2014) 1937
Nanocrystalline ribbons for energy harvesting applications
H.Chiriac, M. Ţibu, N. Lupu, I. Skorvanek and T.A. Ovari
Journal of Applied Physics 115 (2014) 17A320
Analysis and modeling of a small electrical generator based on nanocrystalline ribbons
M. Ţibu, C. Rotărescu, T.A. Ovari, N. Lupu and H. Chiriac
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 50(11) (2014) 8002204