Advances in Energy Harvesting Methods

Advances in Energy Harvesting Methods presents a state-of-the-art understanding of diverse aspects of energy harvesting with a focus on: broadband energy conversion, new concepts in electronic circuits, and novel materials. This book covers recent advances in energy harvesting using different transd...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Elvin, Niell (Editor), Erturk, Alper (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer New York 2013, 2013
Edition:1st ed. 2013
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction and Methods of Mechanical Energy Harvesting
  • Broadband Vibration Energy Harvesting Techniques
  • MEMS Electrostatic Energy Harvesters with Nonlinear Springs
  • Broadband Energy Harvesting from a Bistable Potential Well
  • Plucked Piezoelectric Bimorphs for Energy Harvesting
  • Energy Harvesting with Vibrating Shoe-Mounted Piezoelectric Cantilevers
  • Role of Stiffness Nonlinearities in the Transduction of Energy Harvesters Under White Gaussian Excitations
  • Random Excitation of Bistable Harvesters
  • Energy Harvesting from Fluids using Ionic Polymer Metal Composites
  • Flow-Induced Vibrations for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting
  • Airfoil-Based Linear and Nonlinear Electroaeroelastic Energy Harvesting
  • Acoustic Energy Harvesting using Sonic Crystals
  • Power Conditioning Techniques for Energy Harvesting
  • Asynchronous Event-Based Self-Powering, Computation and Data-Logging
  • Vibration-Based Energy-Harvesting Integrated Circuits
  • Stretching the Capabilities of Energy Harvesting: Electroactive Polymers Based on Dielectric Elastomers
  • Materials and Devices for MEMS Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting
  • Nonlinear Vibration Energy Harvesting with High Permeability Magnetic Materials.