Abstract
With the growing need for alternative energy sources, research into energy-harvesting technologies has increased considerably in recent years. The particular case of energy harvesting on road pavements is a very recent area of research, with different technologies having been developed in recent years. However, none of them have presented high conversion efficiencies nor technical or economic viability. This paper deals with the technical study of existing road pavement energy–harvesting solutions using electromechanical systems to transmit energy from the device surface to an electrical generator and the development of a new mechanical system to implement on such devices. The main goal is to quantify the energy harvesting, transmission, and conversion efficiency of the new system and compare it with the existing systems. Conclusions about each system’s efficiency and the maximum theoretical efficiency of the proposed system are presented.
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Acknowledgments
The present research work has been carried out in the framework of project PAVENERGY—Pavement Energy Harvest Solutions (PTDC/ECM-TRA/3423/2014), cofinanced by the European Regional Development Fund (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016676) through the Operational Programme for Competitiveness Factors (COMPETE) and by national funds through the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). The author Francisco Duarte is also grateful to the Portuguese Foundation of Science and Technology for the financial support provided to this study through Grant SFRH/BD/95018/2013.
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Journal of Energy Engineering
Volume 144 • Issue 2 • April 2018
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Received: Feb 4, 2017
Accepted: Aug 11, 2017
Published online: Jan 18, 2018
Published in print: Apr 1, 2018
Discussion open until: Jun 18, 2018
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