In recent years, due to the growing global demand for sustainable and environmentally compatible energy solutions, the focus on the development and utilization of renewable energy sources has increased. Among these, wind energy has attracted special attention due to its wide availability and considerable potential for generating electrical power. In this study, inspired by energy harvesting systems based on structural vibrations caused by the galloping phenomenon, a laboratory-scale setup was designed and constructed. This system consists of a cantilevered flexible beam on which two types of mechanical-to-electrical energy converters are mounted in combination: a piezoelectric transducer and a coil-and-magnet assembly for electromagnetic induction. The main objective of this research is to achieve maximum electrical power output from galloping-induced vibrations and to compare the performance of the two energy conversion methods. Experimental results show that the maximum power output of the designed setup, using the electromagnetic induction method in AC mode with a load resistance of 100 ohms, was 8100 microwatts. The results show that the proposed structure can be very useful as a power generation unit with the aim of producing maximum power for simultaneous consumption and storage. Providing the possibility of adjusting the external load of the consumer unit and the storage unit independently for maximum energy harvesting is the main advantage of the proposed structure.
Bakhshi, E. , Taraghi Osguei, A. and Alizadeh Milani, A. (2025). Experimental investigation on the wind energy harvesting based on the galloping phenomenon. Energy Engineering and Management, 15(1), -. doi: 10.22052/eem.2025.257042.1140
MLA
Bakhshi, E. , , Taraghi Osguei, A. , and Alizadeh Milani, A. . "Experimental investigation on the wind energy harvesting based on the galloping phenomenon", Energy Engineering and Management, 15, 1, 2025, -. doi: 10.22052/eem.2025.257042.1140
HARVARD
Bakhshi, E., Taraghi Osguei, A., Alizadeh Milani, A. (2025). 'Experimental investigation on the wind energy harvesting based on the galloping phenomenon', Energy Engineering and Management, 15(1), pp. -. doi: 10.22052/eem.2025.257042.1140
CHICAGO
E. Bakhshi , A. Taraghi Osguei and A. Alizadeh Milani, "Experimental investigation on the wind energy harvesting based on the galloping phenomenon," Energy Engineering and Management, 15 1 (2025): -, doi: 10.22052/eem.2025.257042.1140
VANCOUVER
Bakhshi, E., Taraghi Osguei, A., Alizadeh Milani, A. Experimental investigation on the wind energy harvesting based on the galloping phenomenon. Energy Engineering and Management, 2025; 15(1): -. doi: 10.22052/eem.2025.257042.1140
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