Thermoelectric generator design based on power from body heat for biomedical autonomous devices

2009 IEEE International Workshop on Medical Measurements and Applications, MeMeA 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-4

  Lay Ekuakille, Aimé ^a   Vendramin, Giuseppe ^a   Trotta, Amerigo ^b   Mazzotta, Gabriella ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomedical devices; Energy harvesting; Human body power management; Thermocouple effect

Indexed keywords

ARRAY OF SENSORS; AUTONOMOUS DEVICES; BIOMEDICAL DEVICES; DAILY LIVES; ELECTRONIC COMPONENT; ENERGY HARVESTING; HUMAN BEING; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN TISSUES; POWER MANAGEMENTS; SOCIAL IMPACT; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS;

ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOCOUPLES; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY; THERMOMETERS;

HARVESTING;

EID: 70449671408     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMEA.2009.5167942     Document Type: Conference Paper

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