Magnetic-spring based energy harvesting from human motions: Design, modeling and experiments

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 132, Issue , 2017, Pages 189-197

  Wang, Wei ^a   Cao, Junyi ^a   Zhang, Nan ^a   Lin, Jing ^a   Liao, Wei Hsin ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic energy harvester; Human lower limb; Magnetic spring; Swing motion; Tunable

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

BROADBAND FREQUENCY; GENERATE ELECTRICITY; HUMAN LOWER LIMBS; MAGNETIC SPRING; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; SWING MOTION; TUNABLE; VIBRATION ENERGIES;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 84996636472     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2016.11.026     Document Type: Article

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