Piezoelectric generator harvesting bike vibrations energy to supply portable devices

Renewable Energy and Power Quality Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 508-513

  Minazara, E ^a   Vasic, D ^a,b   Costa, F ^a,c  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^c IUFM   (France)

Author keywords

Bicycle mechanical vibrations; Energy harvesting; Piezoelectric material; Portable device; Uninterrupted power supplies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981346168     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2172038X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.24084/repqj06.344     Document Type: Article

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