Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method, circuit and apparatus for energy management in triboelectric nanogenerator
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Application No.: US15769605Application Date: 2016-10-18
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Publication No.: US10778120B2Publication Date: 2020-09-15
- Inventor: Simiao Niu , Xiaofeng Wang , Zhonglin Wang
- Applicant: BEIJING INSTITUTE OF NANOENERGY AND NANOSYSTEMS
- Applicant Address: CN Beijing
- Assignee: BEIJING INSTITUTE OF NANOENERGY AND NANOSYSTEMS
- Current Assignee: BEIJING INSTITUTE OF NANOENERGY AND NANOSYSTEMS
- Current Assignee Address: CN Beijing
- Agency: Myers Bigel, P.A.
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@4ee53787
- International Application: PCT/CN2016/102452 WO 20161018
- International Announcement: WO2017/067446 WO 20170427
- Main IPC: H02J7/04
- IPC: H02J7/04 ; H02N1/04 ; H02M3/00 ; H02J7/00 ; H02J7/34

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to nanogenerator technology, and discloses a method and a circuit for energy management in a Triboelectric Nanogenerator (TENG), as well as an apparatus including the circuit. The method includes: storing electrical energy outputted from the TENG temporarily in a temporary energy storage; and transferring the electrical energy stored temporarily in the temporary energy storage to an energy storage. With the above solution, the temporary energy storage can be charged and discharged periodically, so as to charge the energy storage. It is possible to achieve impedance match between the TENG and the energy storage and thus a significantly improved energy storage efficiency, such that an AC outputted from the TENG can be converted into a constant-voltage DC output efficiently.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180316280A1 METHOD, CIRCUIT AND APPARATUS FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT IN TRIBOELECTRIC NANOGENERATOR Public/Granted day:2018-11-01
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