Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vortex-induced vibration wind energy harvesting device
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Application No.: US17018318Application Date: 2020-09-11
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Publication No.: US11626817B2Publication Date: 2023-04-11
- Inventor: Kim-Boon Lua
- Applicant: NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY
- Applicant Address: TW Hsinchu
- Assignee: NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee: NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee Address: TW Hsinchu
- Agency: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee
- Priority: TW109112794 20200416
- Main IPC: H02N2/18
- IPC: H02N2/18 ; H01L27/20 ; H01L41/113 ; H01L41/27 ; H01L41/047 ; H01L41/083 ; H01L41/187

Abstract:
A vortex-induced vibration wind energy harvesting device, including an array consisting of a plurality of oscillators and a plurality of piezoelectric microelectromechanical systems (MEMSs), is provided. An oscillator is mounted on each of the piezoelectric MEMSs. When any one of the oscillators is oscillated by and resonant with vortex shedding due to an incoming airflow, its vortices in the wake will enhance the oscillation of the downstream oscillators, so that overall oscillation of the oscillators in the array is strengthened. The piezoelectric MEMSs are deformed by the vibration of these oscillators to generate voltage and current to output. In the present invention, the oscillators are arranged closely. When the airflow passes the array, even weak airflow can generate periodic force and cause significant oscillation due to resonance. The MEMS can convert mechanical energy into electrical energy and output it in order to achieve the purpose of wind energy harvesting.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210328525A1 VORTEX-INDUCED VIBRATION WIND ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-10-21
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