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标题：Mathematical modelling of a hand crank generator for powering lower-limb exoskeletons
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作者：Ashish Singla ; Ashish Singla ; Saurav Dhand 等
期刊名称：Perspectives in Science
印刷版ISSN：2213-0209
电子版ISSN：2213-0209
出版年度：2016
卷号：8
页码：561-563
DOI：10.1016/j.pisc.2016.06.020
语种：English
出版社：Elsevier
摘要：Summary With advances in technology and ageing societal concerns growing, personal care devices are gaining importance globally. One such area is lower-limb exoskeletons, used to assist persons to move around for normal daily living. Most of the commercially available assistive exoskeletons use rechargeable Li-ion batteries, which require frequent charging to meet the operational needs. Charging becomes a problem when a person relying on a mobility exoskeleton has to go outdoors for shopping or a leisure walk. Experimental data from on-going research to develop assistive mobility exoskeletons for elderly persons indicates that, the power required for exoskeletons is around 45–60W which falls in the output range of hand-crank generators. So use of hand-crank generators as a charging source is discussed. In this work, we develop a mathematical model to investigate the potential of hand-crank devices in charging mobility exoskeletons and to give relation between input cranking speed and output charging power, and estimate the cranking time.
关键词：Human powered product (HPP); Hand crank generator (HCG); Exoskeletons; Alternate energy source; Energy harvesting; Axial flux permanent magnet (AFPM);