Thermal energy harvesting system to harvest thermal energy across pavement structure

International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 311-316

  Wu, Guangxi ^a,b   Yu, Xiong Bill ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Smart pavement; Thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

AGING INFRASTRUCTURE; EMBEDDED SENSORS; ENERGY HARVEST; INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES; LONG TERM MONITORING; PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE; PAVEMENT STRUCTURES; PAVEMENT SURFACE; POWER OUT PUT; POWER SUPPLY; POWER SUPPLY STRATEGY; SUBGRADE SOIL; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMOELECTRIC;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

PAVEMENTS;

EID: 84866925206     PISSN: 19966814     EISSN: 19971400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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