A multi-source micro power generator employing thermal and vibration energy harvesting

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages 1176-1179

  Töreyin, Hakan ^a,b   Topal, Emre ^a   Külah, Haluk ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic; Energy harvesting; Micro power generation; Thermoelectric; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ENERGY HARVESTING; THERMOCOUPLES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC; ELECTROMAGNETIC CONVERSION; HARVESTING ENERGIES; MICRO POWER GENERATOR; MICROPOWER GENERATION; THERMOELECTRIC; VIBRATION; VIBRATION ENERGY HARVESTING;

THERMOACOUSTICS;

EID: 78650586657     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18777058     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2010.09.321     Document Type: Conference Paper

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