Model Development of a Hybrid Battery–Piezoelectric Fiber System Based on a New Control Method

• Published in: Polymers Vol. 14; no. 24; p. 5428
• Main Authors: Hesarian, Mir Saeid, Tavoosi, Jafar, Alanazi, Tarek I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 11.12.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Alternative energy sources; Batteries; Control methods; Control systems; Control theory; Controllers; Electric potential; Electric power production; Energy harvesting; Error reduction; Fabric structures; Fabrics; Human motion; Hybrid systems; Liu, Timothy; Mathematical optimization; Methods; Particle swarm optimization; Piezoelectricity; Power; Renewable resources; Smart materials; Textiles; Voltage; Wearable computers; Yarn; Yarns; sliding mode control; wearable energy harvesting; PSO; piezoelectric fibers

By increasing the application of smart wearables, their electrical energy supply has drawn great attention in the past decade. Sources such as the human body and its motion can produce electrical power as renewable energy using piezoelectric yarns. During the last decade, the development of the piez...