Harvesting energy from airflow with a michromachined piezoelectric harvester inside a Helmholtz resonator

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Matova, S P ^a   Elfrink, R ^a   Vullers, R J M ^a   Van Schaijk, R ^a  

^a HOLST CENTRE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ENERGY HARVESTER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HELMHOLTZ RESONATORS; PIEZOELECTRIC ENERGY; PIEZOELECTRIC HARVESTER; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES;

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; ENERGY HARVESTING; HELMHOLTZ EQUATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; RESONATORS;

HARVESTERS;

EID: 80053600822     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/21/10/104001     Document Type: Article

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