Numerical analysis of comparison highly efficient active rectifier for energy harvesting application

A piezoelectric energy harvesting (PEH) circuit with a passive rectifier lack in efficiency and performance. The performance and potential of piezoelectric energy-harvesting devices depend strongly on the power conditioning circuit as the circuits are essential for managing and controlling energy flows in these energy collecting devices. In order to overcome this situation, the parallel synchronized switch harvesting on inductor (P-SSHI) and the general model of synchronized multiple bias-flip (SMBF) which are the recent implementation of parallel synchronized triple bias-flip (P-S3BF) and parallel synchronized septuple bias-flip (P-S7BF) are used for further enhancing the PEH performance. In addition, active rectifiers presented distinguished benefits over passive rectifiers, such as the ability to analyze regulation, dynamic response to load changes, output voltage ripple, input current, total harmonic distortion (THD), power factor correction, and wave factor. Furthermore, by using an active rectifier the output voltage can be boosted higher. Thus, it is more efficient than a lower voltage since it experiences less energy loss from resistance. This research investigates the several high efficiency AC-DC active rectifiers as interface circuit plays a crucial role in the energy harvesting capability enhancement in PEH systems. The research methodology is carried out on a piezoelectric structure under the same base circuit with a different type of power conditioning circuit applied to the main circuit using the LTspice software. In conclusion, the input voltage for each different active rectifier circuit were set at 3-5 V and the frequency is set based on the input voltage of the circuit. Based on the results, the P-S7BF shows the higher efficiency with voltage output will have the most efficiency with the estimated voltage output reaching up to 13 V with a net harvesting power of up to 80-90% follow up by the P-S3BF and P-SSHI. There are several recommendations to improve active circuit by investigation the impact of load variation on the efficiency, such as different loads may require different rectification techniques and control strategies to achieve high efficiency.