Performance of small-scale bladeless electromagnetic energy harvesters driven by water or air

Energy

Volumn 74, Issue C, 2014, Pages 99-108

  Zhao, Dan ^a   Ji, Chenzhen ^a   Teo, C ^a   Li, Shihuai ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bladeless harvester; Electromagnetic; Energy harvesting; Hydropower; Rainwater

Indexed keywords

AIR; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY HARVESTING;

CONVENTIONAL BLADES; CONVERSION PROCESS; ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT; ELECTROMAGNETIC; HYDROPOWER; PARAMETRIC -ANALYSIS; RAINWATER; TURBULENT AIR FLOW;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 84907104399     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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