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Energy Harvesting
FSI-RAEAcad. year: 2020/2021
The course “Energy Harvesting” deals with introduction of unique ways of the energy generating from surroundings. Currently remote electronics, autonomous low power devices and wireless sensors are powered by batteries. One possibility to overcome energy limitations of batteries or possibly fully substitute batteries is to harvest energy from the environment to power the electronics. The ambient energy is available in the form of radiation, thermal energy and mechanical energy of the environment. The course “Energy Harvesting” is focused on energy harvesting from mechanical energy of vibrations, shocks, deformation, human behaviour etc., and simulation modelling of energy harvesting systems.
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Basic literature
Fiala, P., Kadlecová, E.: Modelování elektromagnetických polí, FEKT VUT v Brně, 2005. (CS)
Grepl, R.: Modelování mechatronických systémů v Matlab/SimMechanics, BEN, 2007. (CS)
Olfa Kanoun: Energy Harvesting for Wireless Sensor Networks: Technology, Components and System Design, De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2018. (EN)
Shashank Priya, Daniel J. Inman: Energy Harvesting Technologies, Springer US, 2009 (EN)
Recommended reading
Mukherjee, S., et al.: AmIware Hardware Technology Drivers of Ambient Intelligence, Philips Research Book Series Vol. 5, Springer Netherlands, 2006. (EN)
Tom J. Kaźmierski (Editor), Steve Beeby (Editor): Energy Harvesting Systems: Principles, Modeling and Applications, Springer, 2011. (EN)
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2. Photovoltaic cells
3. Thermoelectric generators
4. Electro-mechanical conversion – physical principles
5. Electro-mechanical conversion – analysis of ambient vibration energy
6. Electromagnetic principle
7. Design of electromagnetic generators
8. Mechatronic system of energy harvesters
9. Piezoelectric principle
10. Piezoelectric materials and other SMART materials
11. Energy storage elements, Electronics – power management
12. Wireless sensor networks
13. MEMS
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2. Model of solar cells a thermo-electric generators
3. Thermoelectric module model
4. Thermoelectric energy harvesting system
5. Mechanical energetic analysis
6. Simulation and modelling of electromagnetic conversion
7. Model of magnetic field
8. Simulation modelling of complex electromagnetic generator
9. Measurement of energy harvesting generator
10. Model of piezoelectric elements and basic analysis
11. Model of piezo-generator
12. Model of power management electronics
13. Presentation of final projects
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