CM-scale air turbine and generator for energy harvesting from low-speed flows

TRANSDUCERS 2009 - 15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 529-532

  Bansal, A ^a   Howey, D A ^a   Holmes, A S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air turbine; Axial flux generator; Energy harvesting

Indexed keywords

AIR TURBINE; AXIAL FLUX GENERATORS; AXIAL FLUX PERMANENT MAGNET; BLADE DESIGN; DROP-OUT; ENERGY HARVESTER; ENERGY HARVESTING; FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; FLOW SPEED; LOW FRICTION; LOW-SPEED FLOW; OUTPUT POWER; SENSING APPLICATIONS; TUNNEL FLOW; WIND TUNNEL TESTS;

ACTUATORS; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; GAS TURBINES; HARVESTING; JEWEL BEARINGS; JOB ANALYSIS; MAGNETS; MICROSYSTEMS; NONMETALLIC BEARINGS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SPEED; TUNNELS; WIND POWER; WIND TUNNELS;

SOLID-STATE SENSORS;

EID: 71449099082     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SENSOR.2009.5285378     Document Type: Conference Paper

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