Development of an Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting System Based on a Current Transformer for Use in Industrial Electric Motors

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Energy Harvesting, Current Transformer, EMF, Ultra Low-Power

Abstract

Predictive maintenance systems for industrial electric motors are being developed using electronic sensors and wireless communication systems incorporated into ultra-low consumption electronic circuits. If the electronic circuit is ultra-low consumption, a simple low-capacity rechargeable battery can power the system for years. However, the use of batteries on a large scale contributes to environmental pollution. To eliminate the use of batteries, several energy harvesting techniques are being used to make the electronic sensors self-sustaining. In this sense, this paper presents the development of an electromagnetic energy harvesting system based on an off-the-shelf Current Transformer (CT), with the energy management done via Integrated Circuit (IC), for use in an Internet of Things (IoT) vibration monitoring system for industrial electric motors. A process was carried out to maximize energy generation through the design of a resonant frequency tuning capacitor, optimization of the electronic circuit for energy harvesting by adjusting a shunt resistor, and energy management based on the LTC3108 IC. The resulting energy harvesting system could generate a maximum output power of 1.657 mW, representing a percentage difference of +590.42 % of the system load power consumption, it is equivalent to about 6.90 times more than the necessary to make the IoT device energetically autonomous.

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Luiz Oliveira, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Luiz Fernando Pinto de Oliveira (M'19) graduated in Electronic Engineering, with Academic Merit, from Federal University of Technology of Paraná (UTFPR, 2017), M.Sc. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering with specialization in Autonomous Systems from the School of Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Porto (ISEP-IPP, 2017), and M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering with specialization in Electronics, Microelectronics and Optoelectronics from the University of Campinas (Unicamp, 2020). He is currently pursuing Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering at the Unicamp. His research interests are: sensor electronic circuits, microcontroller systems, smart devices, wireless sensor networks, internet of things, smart cities, energy harvesting, robotics, legged robots and hexapod robots. Mr. Oliveira is a Student Member of the Brazilian Automation Society (SBA) and Effective Associate of the Brazilian Society of Microelectronics (SBMicro).

Pedro Chaves, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Pedro Rinaldo Chaves received a B.Eng. in Telecommunication Engineering from the South Bank University, London, UK, in 2001 and a master´s in Network Management from the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Brazil, in 2016. From 2010 to 2016, he joined ATT Brazil as a network specialist where he developed network projects and dealt with remote problem solving and preventive network maintenance activities. Since 2018, he has been researching in the field of wireless sensor networks while pursuing his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Campinas.

Ana Mozena, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Sao Paulo State University (UNESP)

Ana Laura Klaic Mozena received the B.S. degree in Biosystems Engineering from the Faculty of Sciences and Engineering of the Paulista State University Júlio de Mesquita, Tupa, Brazil, in 2019. She currently works as an intern at Techplus, participating in the iMachine Wireless Project funded by the Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). Her current research interests include: energy measurement, energy harvesting, embedded systems and sensor networks.

Omar Branquinho, PoB-Tec and the Extension Program School (EXTECAMP) from the University of Campinas

Omar Carvalho Branquinho has a degree in Electrical Engineering from the National Institute of Telecommunication (1985), a master´s (1991) and a Ph.D. (2001) in Electrical Engineering, both from the University of Campinas. His areas of interest include planning and developing wireless sensor networks (WSN), and functions of edge elements (gateway) for connection between WSN and the Internet. He has developed an open source WSN protocol (MoT) for teaching and research.

Flávio Morais, Faculty of Science and Engineering, São Paulo State University (UNESP)

Flávio José de Oliveira Morais received the B.S. degree in Computing Engineering from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás, Goiania, Brazil, in 2009, and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil, in 2011 and 2016, respectively. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the Faculty of Sciences and Engineering, São Paulo State University Júlio de Mesquita, Tupã, Brazil. He is the author of more than 40 articles. His current research interests include electronics instrumentation, energy metering, embedded systems, energy harvesting, and sensors networks.

Leandro Manera, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Leandro Tiago Manera graduated in Electrical Engineering Lins Engineering School (EEL, 1999), and received his M.Sc. (2002) and Ph.D. (2010) in Electrical Engineering from University of Campinas (Unicamp), in Brazil. Currently he is a Professor in electrical and computer engineering in Semiconductors, Instruments and Photonics Department at School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (DSIF/FEEC/Unicamp). He is also responsible for the Laboratory of Electronic and RF Solutions (LSERF) at FEEC. He is the author of more than 60 articles, and more than 5 inventions. His research interests include RF measurements, semiconductors devices and antenna design. Dr. Manera was President of the Student Chapter of the IEEE Electron Device Society at Unicamp from 2005 to 2006.

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Published

2023-05-11

How to Cite

Oliveira, L. ., Chaves, P. ., Mozena, A. ., Branquinho, O. ., Morais, F., & Manera, L. . (2023). Development of an Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting System Based on a Current Transformer for Use in Industrial Electric Motors. IEEE Latin America Transactions, 21(9), 976–983. Retrieved from https://latamt.ieeer9.org/index.php/transactions/article/view/7816

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Special Issue on Sustainable Energy Sources for an Energy Transition