Novel miniature airflow energy harvester for wireless sensing applications in buildings

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 691-700

  Zhu, Dibin ^a   Beeby, Steve P ^a   Tudor, Michael J ^a   White, Neil M ^a   Harris, Nick R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air condition (HVAC); airflow energy harvesting; electromagnetic; heat; low airflow speed; smart building; ventilation

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONS; AIRCONDITIONING SYSTEMS; AIRFLOW SPEED; CANTILEVER SPRINGS; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC; ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSDUCER; ENERGY HARVESTER; HEAT; IN-BUILDINGS; OUTPUT POWER; WIRELESS SENSING; WIRELESS SENSOR NODE;

ENERGY HARVESTING; INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS; SENSOR NODES; VENTILATION;

AIR CONDITIONING;

EID: 84873192221     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2012.2226518     Document Type: Article

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