Motion-based energy harvesting devices for railroad applications

Proceedings of the ASME Joint Rail Conference 2010, JRC2010

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 267-271

  Nagode, C ^a   Ahmadian, M ^a   Taheri, S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COIL SPRING; DISTRIBUTED SOURCES; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS; LINEAR GENERATORS; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; MECHANICAL PARTS; OUTPUT POWER; RAIL OPERATIONS; RAILCARS; RECHARGE BATTERIES; ROTARY GENERATORS; SECOND GENERATION; SHAFT SPEED; SINE-WAVE; SMART DEVICES; SPEED OF ROTATION;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; ENERGY HARVESTING; HARVESTING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; RAIL MOTOR CARS; RAILROADS; ROTATION;

SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS);

EID: 78049301299     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/JRC2010-36243     Document Type: Conference Paper

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