Topical Collection on "Technologies and Circuits for Energy Harvesting"

A topical collection of Digital Technologies Research and Applications (DTRA) (E-ISSN: 2754-5687).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024

Collection Editor: 

Topical Collection Information:

Dear Colleagues,

In recent years, energy harvesting systems have received growing research attention due to their fundamental role in energy efficiency worldwide. Of course, the conversion of ambient energy sources, which would be otherwise wasted, into electrical energy is of fundamental importance in the modern World. Very different energy sources can be exploited for harvesting purposes, examples are solar energy, wind energy, vibration kinetic energy, thermal energy, electromagnetic field energy, and so on. Moreover, an energy harvesting system can range from a large-scale power generation system (kW to MW, such as in the case of wind turbines or photovoltaic plants) to low-power energy harvesting systems (mW to W, such as vibration energy harvesting in backpacks or thermal energy harvesting units). Whichever the application and the power range, an energy harvesting system always needs a transduction device, power electronic circuits, and proper control techniques for the optimal conversion into electrical energy from the ambient source and the storage of the converted energy into batteries or supercapacitors.

Based on these considerations, the goal of this topical collection is to focus on the latest theoretical studies, numerical algorithms, scientific results and applications of technologies and circuits for energy harvesting systems. This topic collection has the objective of bringing together scientists adopting several approaches and working on the above topics and promoting and sharing as much as possible top-level research in the field of energy harvesting systems.

Dr. Luigi Costanzo
Collection Editor

Keywords:

• vibration energy harvesting
• piezoelectric energy harvesters
• electromagnetic energy harvesters
• magnetostrictive energy harvesters
• electric field energy harvesters
• magnetic field energy harvesters
• photovoltaic systems
• wind turbines
• thermoelectric generators
• regenerative suspensions systems

Manuscript Submission Information:

Please visit the Submissions Guidelines page before submitting a manuscript. Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Manuscripts should be submitted online through the online manuscript submission and editorial system. Additionally, please include a cover letter specifying that the manuscript is intended for the Topical Collection "Technologies and Circuits for Energy Harvesting" when submitting it online. Manuscripts can be submitted until the submission deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal and will be listed together on the Topical Collection website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract can be sent to the Editorial Office dtra@ukscip.com for announcement on this website.

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process.

Published Papers:

This Topical Collection is now open for submission.