Development and Performance Analysis of a New Self-Powered Magnetorheological Damper with Energy-Harvesting Capability

Lingbo Li, Guoliang Hu, Lifan Yu and Haonan Qi
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Lingbo Li: School of Mechanical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China
Guoliang Hu: Key Laboratory of Conveyance and Equipment, Ministry of Education, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang 330013, China
Lifan Yu: Key Laboratory of Conveyance and Equipment, Ministry of Education, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang 330013, China
Haonan Qi: Key Laboratory of Conveyance and Equipment, Ministry of Education, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang 330013, China

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 19, 1-22

Abstract: Magnetorheological (MR) dampers, used as intelligent semi-active vibration control devices to achieve low energy consumption, fast response, controllability, and other capabilities are generally installed with a variety of sensors on their exterior to ensure that the damping force can be accurately controlled. However, external sensors are often affected by external complications that reduce the reliability of the damper, and the cost of powering the damper coils in remote locations where power is not available can be significantly increased. Based on these problems, a new self-powered MR damper scheme is proposed. The proposed MR damper has both energy-harvesting capabilities and damping controllability, and greatly improves the stability and application range of the device by converting vibration energy into electrical energy to supply the excitation coil. The MR damper can drive the piston rod in a linear reciprocating motion by external excitation, which converts mechanical energy into electrical energy via a DC brushless three-phase generator after conversion by a double-linkage mechanism. At the same time, the electrical energy generated by the generator is passed into the excitation coil to change the output damping force of the damper. Meanwhile, the damping performance and energy-harvesting efficiency of the new self-powered MR damper is experimentally tested. Experimental results show the damping force of the device reaches 1040 N when the applied current is 0.6 A. The proposed self-powered MR damper has an instantaneous voltage amplitude of 1.782 V and a peak phase power of 4.428 W when the input excitation amplitude is 12.5 mm and the frequency is 3 Hz.

Keywords: self-powered MR damper; double linkage; damping performance; vibration energy harvesting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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