A cm scale electret-based electrostatic wind turbine for low-speed energy harvesting applications

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Perez, M ^a,b   Boisseau, S ^a,b   Gasnier, P ^a,b   Willemin, J ^a,b   Geisler, M ^a,b   Reboud, J L ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

airflows; electret; electrostatic converter; energy harvesting; windmill; wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

AIR; AXIAL FLOW TURBOMACHINERY; ELECTRETS; ELECTROSTATICS; MILLING MACHINES; WIND TURBINES; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

AIR FLOW VELOCITY; AIRFLOWS; AXIAL TURBINE; COEFFICIENT OF POWER; ENERGY HARVESTER; RELATIVE MOTION; VARIABLE CAPACITOR; WINDMILL;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 84961743300     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/25/4/045015     Document Type: Article

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