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Magnetic resonant harvesters and power management circuit for magnetic resonant harvesters

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This paper deals with the design of a vibration minigenerator and its power management electronics. The minigenerator is used as the independent energy source for wireless temperature sensors in NH-90 helicopters. The power management electronics is useful for this purpose as there exists interdependence between the generator output voltage instability and the helicopter vibrations instability. In this respect, it should also be proper to mention the necessity of applying the battery. Further, the presented article provides a description of two principles of the management electronics, namely the power factor corrector and the simple energy storage with a DC/DC regulator. It has been experimentally confirmed the minigenerator together with the electronics can save up to 52% battery energy according to the flight options with the used devices. Using the more efficient generator and electronics it should be up to 100% of the battery energy.

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Acknowledgments

The paper was prepared within the framework of the research plan MSM 0021630516 of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic, WISE—Wireless Sensing STREP 6FP Project no. FP6-2003-AERO-1.

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  1. Department of Theoretical and Experimental Electrical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Kolejní 4, 612 00, Brno, Czech Republic

    Tomáš Jirků & Pavel Fiala

  2. Corporate Research Ctr IW-SI, EADS Deutschland GmbH, Willy Messerschmitt Str, 81663, Munich, Germany

    Martin Kluge

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Jirků, T., Fiala, P. & Kluge, M. Magnetic resonant harvesters and power management circuit for magnetic resonant harvesters. Microsyst Technol 16, 677–690 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00542-010-1045-5

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