Energy Harvesting Technologies
Editors: Priya, Shashank, Inman, Daniel J. (Eds.)
Free Preview- The first book to synthesize the components of energy harvesting
- Includes contributions from a diverse range of researchers from academia, industry, and national laboratories
- Provides discussions of piezoelectric, inductive, thermoelectric, and photovoltaic energy harvesting technologies, by leading authors
- Serves as a foundation for building energy harvesting systems
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- About this book
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Energy Harvesting Technologies provides a cohesive overview of the fundamentals and current developments in the field of energy harvesting. In a well-organized structure, this volume discusses basic principles for the design and fabrication of bulk and micro-scale energy harvesting systems based upon piezoelectric, electromagnetic and thermoelectric technologies. It provides excellent coverage of theory and design rules required for fabrication of efficient electronics and batteries. In addition, it covers the prominent applications for energy harvesting devices illustrating the state-of-the-art prototypes.
Combining leading researchers from both academia and industry onto a single platform, Energy Harvesting Technologies serves as an important reference for researchers, engineers, and students involved with power sources, sensor networks and smart materials.
- Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting
Pages 3-39
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Electromechanical Modeling of Cantilevered Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters for Persistent Base Motions
Pages 41-77
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Performance Evaluation of Vibration-Based Piezoelectric Energy Scavengers
Pages 79-105
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Piezoelectric Equivalent Circuit Models
Pages 107-128
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Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting
Pages 129-161
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Energy Harvesting Technologies
- Editors
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- Shashank Priya
- Daniel J. Inman
- Copyright
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag US
- eBook ISBN
- 978-0-387-76464-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-0-387-76464-1
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-387-76463-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4419-4552-5
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XX, 524
- Number of Illustrations
- 220 b/w illustrations
- Topics