Electromagnetic energy harvesting from train induced railway track vibrations

Proceedings of 2012 8th IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, MESA 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 29-34

  Wang, John J ^a   Penamalli, G P ^a   Zuo, Lei ^a  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

electromagnetic; energy recovery; railroad; railway; vibration energy harvesting

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION MECHANISM; DC POWER; ELECTROMAGNETIC; ELECTRONIC DIODES; ENERGY HARVESTER; ENERGY RECOVERY; HEALTH MONITORING; LINEAR VIBRATIONS; LOW POWER APPLICATION; MOTION MECHANISMS; OUTPUT POWER; POWER APPLICATIONS; POWER SUPPLY; PROTOTYPE TESTING; PULSE-LIKE; RAILWAY; RAILWAY TRACK; ROTATIONAL MOTION; SPEED REGULATION; SYSTEM LOADING; VIBRATION ENERGIES; VIBRATION ENERGY HARVESTING; WARNING SIGNALS;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; ENERGY HARVESTING; RAILROAD TRACKS; RAILROADS; SWITCHES;

LOADING;

EID: 84867469818     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MESA.2012.6275532     Document Type: Conference Paper

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