A smart cycling platform for textile-based sensing and wireless power transfer in smart cities

Komolafe, A., Wagih, M. , Valavan, A., Ahmed, Z., Stuikys, A. and Zaghari, B. (2019) A smart cycling platform for textile-based sensing and wireless power transfer in smart cities. Proceedings, 32(1), 7. (doi: 10.3390/proceedings2019032007)

Abstract

This paper proposes an integrated smart cycling system for assisted cycling, energy harvesting and wireless power transfer systems on a bicycle, an enabling platform for autonomous e-textiles-based sensing. The cyclist is assisted by a switched reluctance motor, which also acts as a switched reluctance generator that harvests a peak power of 7.5 W, at 10% efficiency during cycling to power on body sensors. To demonstrate wearable on-body sensing, a thin flexible CO2 gas sensor filament, which can be woven in fabric, is presented and evaluated. Wearable inductive resonant wireless power transfer (WPT) is achieved using textile embroidered coils on the bicycle’s handle and cycling gloves, achieving more than 80% WPT efficiency from the bicycle to the cyclist’s clothing, useful for powering mobile on-body sensors.

• Item Type: Articles
• Additional Information: This work was funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) under Grant EP/P010164/1.
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Wagih, Dr Mahmoud
• Authors: Komolafe, A., Wagih, M., Valavan, A., Ahmed, Z., Stuikys, A., and Zaghari, B.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Electronics and Nanoscale Engineering
• Journal Name: Proceedings
• Publisher: MDPI
• ISSN: 2504-3900
• ISSN (Online): 2504-3900
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2019 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Proceedings 32(1):7
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons license