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Investigation Of Concurrent Energy Harvesting From Ambient Vibrations And Wind, Amin Bibo Aug 2014

Investigation Of Concurrent Energy Harvesting From Ambient Vibrations And Wind, Amin Bibo

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In recent years, many new concepts for micro-power generation have been introduced to harness wasted energy from the environment and maintain low-power electronics including wireless sensors, data transmitters, controllers, and medical implants. Generally, such systems aim to provide a cheap and compact alternative energy source for applications where battery charging or replacement is expensive, time consuming, and/or cumbersome. Within the vast field of micro-power generation, utilizing the piezoelectric effect to generate an electric potential in response to mechanical stimuli has recently flourished as a major thrust area. Based on the nature of the ambient excitation, piezoelectric energy harvesters are divided …