A tidal energy harvesting system in point of view of the robotic notation

Issue title: Selected papers from the International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering – ISEF 2019

Guest editors: Paolo Di Barba, Maria Evelina Mognaschi and Sławomir Wiak

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Bijak, Joanna^a; | Trawiński, Tomasz^a | Szczygieł, Marcin^a

Affiliations: [a] Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Mechatronics, Silesian Unveristy of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Joanna Bijak, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Mechatronics, Silesian Unveristy of Technology, Akademicka 10a, Gliwice, Poland. E-mail: [email protected]; ORCID: 0000-0002-6741-9864

Abstract: To represent energy gathered in energy harvester, it is necessary to simulate movement of the energy harvester parts. The aim of this article is to present a new way to simulate movement of energy harvester in point of view of robotic approach. The power buoy is one of the best examples to show potentiality of modelling such mechanism as robotic chain. In the article two ways of buoy’s motion are presented. As a result it occurs that it is possible to use robots kinematic chain theory to present kinematic chain of energy harvesting system.

Keywords: Energy harvesting, homogenous transformation, wave energy harvester, buoy movement

DOI: 10.3233/JAE-209519

Journal: International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, vol. 64, no. S1, pp. S221-S233, 2020