En-ComE: Energy Harvesting Powered Wireless Monitoring Systems Based on Integrated Smart Composite Structures and Energy-Aware Architecture

En-ComE：基于集成智能复合结构和能源感知架构的能量收集供电无线监控系统

• 批准号: EP/K020331/1
• 负责人: Meiling Zhu
• 金额: $ 80.31万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2014 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FK020331%2F1
• 关键词: En; ComE; Energy; Harvesting; Powered

BAE Systems with the support of EPSRC have launched a challenge to universities to develop novel technologies that can be applied to new and aspirational aircraft programmes. In particular, the Persistent Green Air Vehicle (PERGAVE) concept is a future unmanned air vehicle (UAV), not yet an aircraft design, which can sustain missions of at least months' and ultimately more than a year's duration. In this respect, PERGAVE is a highly flexible HALE (High Altitude Long Endurance) aircraft, with vibration and aeroelastic characteristics specific to each PERGAVE design concept. Methodologies have been developed by NASA to predict flight dynamics of HALE aircraft. An operational profile such as this will require extremely low energy demands from on-board systems to meet both the endurance and environmental targets. It will also require comprehensive condition monitoring of structures and systems (e.g. vibration and loading) as well as environmental parameter measurement (e.g. temperature, ionizing radiation levels and doses) to allow operators to assess the viability of the aircraft at every stage of its mission. This project will respond to the PERGAVE challenge by developing energy harvesting powered wireless data links and real time condition and environmental sensor nodes in an integrated smart composite airframe structure for monitoring. The nodes will operate in an energy autonomous manner, without the need for power supplies or batteries and therefore it is truly energy autonomous. The research has the following five work packages:WP1: Requirement capture and study of the system design specifications and architectureWP2: Integration of the energy harvesting element into the composite structureWP3: Multiphysical modelling and simulation for optimisation of the whole systemWP4: Development of low power consumption wireless sensor nodesWP5: Testing of the technology demonstratorThe WPs will specifically target design and demonstration of a deployable real time energy autonomous wireless sensing communication systems that can be used for structural health monitoring and environmental parameter measurement aligned to the next generation, unmanned air vehicle programme in BAE Systems. Uniquely in the UK, this work will take a system level specification and design approach combining optimisation with novel energy harvesting technology designed for flexible deployment in manufactured composite structures with wireless sensing, which are all integrated in a novel energy and power management architecture. This provides end-to-end capability that will be suitable not only for the PERGAVE vehicle but also for other applications requiring remote asset condition monitoring in harsh environments (e.g. off-shore wind farms). The principal novelty of the project lies in the implementation of combined materials and structures design, optimisation and manufacturing processes, our enhanced energy harvesting technology and efficient energy-aware and energy-flow control mechanism, which has the potential to be prototyped as a self-powered, light weight and wireless health monitoring system for future air vehicles. The research will build on investigator track records on energy harvesting with wireless sensing, sensors and aerospace monitoring, and composite manufacturing at Cranfield University, aircraft and composite structural modelling and optimization at Lancaster University, and ionizing radiation monitoring at the University of Central Lancashire to undertake this timing and challenging project. The project partners are BAE Systems in Military Air&Information and Advanced Technology Centre, AgustaWestland Ltd, TRW, dstl, EPSRC National Centres for Innovative Manufacturing in Through-life Engineering Services. These partners represents aerospace, defence and automotive sectors. There are Aerospace, Aviation & Defence KTN and Zartech organisations as dissemination partners to support the impact activities.

在EPSRC的支持下，BAE系统对大学提出了一项挑战，即开发可应用于新的和有抱负的飞机计划的新技术。特别是，持续的绿色空中汽车（Pergave）概念是未来的无人机（UAV），而不是飞机设计，它可以维持至少几个月的任务，最终可以维持一年的时间。在这方面，Pergave是一架高度灵活的黑啤酒（高海拔长耐力）飞机，具有振动和弹性弹性特征，可针对每个Pergave设计概念。 NASA已经开发了方法，以预测Hale飞机的飞行动力学。这样的操作概况将需要板载系统的极低能源需求，以满足耐力和环境目标。它还需要对结构和系统（例如振动和负载）以及环境参数测量（例如温度，电离辐射水平和剂量）进行全面的状态监测，以允许操作员在其任务的每个阶段评估飞机的可行性。该项目将通过在集成的智能复合机身结构中开发能源收集动力的无线数据链接以及实时状态和环境传感器节点来应对Pergave挑战。节点将以能量自主的方式运行，而无需电力供应或电池，因此它确实是能源自主的。 The research has the following five work packages:WP1: Requirement capture and study of the system design specifications and architectureWP2: Integration of the energy harvesting element into the composite structureWP3: Multiphysical modelling and simulation for optimisation of the whole systemWP4: Development of low power consumption wireless sensor nodesWP5: Testing of the technology demonstratorThe WPs will specifically target design and demonstration of a deployable real time energy autonomous wireless传感通信系统可用于结构性健康监测和环境参数测量，该测量与BAE系统中的下一代无人驾驶汽车计划保持一致。这项工作在英国独特，将采用系统级规范和设计方法，将优化与新颖的能源收集技术相结合，旨在在具有无线传感的制造复合结构中柔性部署，这些技术都集成在新颖的能源和电源管理体系结构中。这提供了端到端的功能，不仅适用于佩尔戈夫车辆，还适用于需要在恶劣环境（例如离岸风电场）中进行远程资产状况监视的其他应用。该项目的主要新颖性在于实施合并的材料和结构设计，优化和制造过程，增强的能源收集技术以及有效的能源吸引力和能量流控制机制，该机制有可能将其作为自动，轻量级的，轻量级的无线健康监测系统进行原型，用于未来的空中汽车。这项研究将以研究人员的追踪记录为基础，该记录是通过无线传感，传感器和航空航天监测的能源收集的记录，以及克兰菲尔德大学，兰开斯特大学的飞机和复合结构建模和优化的复合制造，以及中央兰开夏郡大学的电离辐射监测，以进行这项时机和具有挑战性的项目。该项目合作伙伴是军事空气和信息中的BAE系统，以及高级技术中心，Agustawestland Ltd，TRW，DSTL，EPSRC国家创新制造中心的整个工程服务中心。这些合作伙伴代表航空航天，国防和汽车部门。有航空航天，航空和国防KTN和Zartech组织作为传播伙伴，以支持影响活动。

项目成果

Energy Harvesting Powered Wireless Sensor Nodes With Energy Efficient Network Joining Strategies

• DOI: 10.1109/indin41052.2019.8972131
• 发表时间: 2019-07
• 期刊: 2019 IEEE 17th International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN)
• 作者: Z. Chew;Tingwen Ruan;M. Zhu

Combined power extraction with adaptive power management module for increased piezoelectric energy harvesting to power wireless sensor nodes

• DOI: 10.1109/icsens.2016.7808555
• 发表时间: 2016-10
• 期刊: 2016 IEEE SENSORS
• 作者: Z. Chew;M. Zhu

Power Management Circuit for Wireless Sensor Nodes Powered by Energy Harvesting: On the Synergy of Harvester and Load

• DOI: 10.1109/tpel.2018.2885827
• 发表时间: 2019-09-01
• 期刊: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER ELECTRONICS
• 影响因子: 6.7
• 作者: Chew, Zheng Jun;Ruan, Tingwen;Zhu, Meiling
• 通讯作者: Zhu, Meiling

Threshold Voltage Control to Improve Energy Utilization Efficiency of a Power Management Circuit for Energy Harvesting Applications

• DOI: 10.3390/proceedings2131052
• 发表时间: 2018-11
• 期刊: Proceedings
• 作者: Z. Chew;M. Zhu

Strain Energy Harvesting Powered Wireless Sensor System Using Adaptive and Energy-Aware Interface for Enhanced Performance

• DOI: 10.1109/tii.2017.2710313
• 发表时间: 2017-12-01
• 期刊: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS
• 影响因子: 12.3
• 作者: Chew, Zheng Jun;Ruan, Tingwen;Zhu, Meiling
• 通讯作者: Zhu, Meiling