Power from the people: Human-powered small-scale generation system for a sustainable dance club

IEEE Industry Applications Magazine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 20-26

  Paulides, Johannes J H ^a   Jansen, J W ^b   Encica, Laurentiu ^b   Lomonova, Elena A ^b   Smit, Michel ^b  

^a Electromechanics and Power Electronics   (Netherlands)

^b Sustainabledanceclub BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS; AMBIENT HEAT; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN POWER; MOBILE ELECTRONICS; SMALL-SCALE GENERATIONS;

SENSOR NETWORKS;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 80051785677     PISSN: 10772618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MIAS.2010.939649     Document Type: Article

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