Energy harvesting materials, physics, and system design with practical examples / Ravi Anant Kishore [and 4 others].

Author/creator Kishore, Ravi Anant
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLancaster, Pennsylvania : DEStech Publications, [2019]
Descriptionx, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Knovel, Academic, General Engineering & Project Administration
Subjects
Energy harvesting.

Contents Machine generated contents note: 1.Overview of Energy Harvesting -- 1.1.Introduction to Energy Harvesting -- 1.2.Vibration Energy Harvesting -- 1.3.Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting -- 1.4.Photovoltaic Energy Harvesting -- 1.5.Wind Energy Harvesting -- 1.6.Introduction to Electrical Energy Conditioning and Storage -- 2.Inductive Energy Harvesting -- 2.1.Inductive: History and Need -- 2.2.Background Physics -- 2.3.Inductive Harvester Design -- 2.4.Modeling of Inductive Harvesters -- 2.5.Modeling of the Direct Vibration Harvester -- 2.6.Strategies for Optimizing the Figure of Merit -- 2.7.Review of the State-of-the-Art -- 2.8.Future Directions -- 3.Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting -- 3.1.Piezoelectric Materials: History and Fundamentals -- 3.2.Lead-free Piezoelectric Materials -- 3.3.Equivalent Circuit Analysis for Piezoelectrics -- 3.4.Materials for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting -- 3.5.Mode of Vibration for Harvesting -- 3.6.Continuous System -- 3.7.Energy Harvesting using Low Profile Piezoelectric Transducers -- 3.8.Distributed Parameter Model of Piezoelectric Bimorph Cantilever Beam -- 3.9.Impedance Matching -- 3.10.Piezoelectric MEMS Energy Harvesters -- 4.Magnetostrictive and Magnetoelectric Energy Harvesting -- 4.1.Magnetostrictive: History and Need -- 4.2.Background Physics -- 4.3.Magnetostrictive Vibration Harvester Design -- 4.4.Modeling of Magnetostrictive Harvesters -- 4.5.Strategies for Optimizing the Figure of Merit -- 4.6.Magnetoelectric Effect -- Fundamentals and Material Design -- 4.7.Magnetoelectric Energy Harvesting -- 4.8.Future Directions -- 5.Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting -- 5.1.Thermoelectrics: History and Need -- 5.2.Background Physics -- 5.3.Semiconductors and Thermoelectrics -- 5.4.Strategies for Optimizing Figure of Merit (ZT) -- 5.5.Thermoelectric Materials -- 5.6.Thermoelectric Generator -- 5.7.Microfabricated Energy Harvesting -- 5.8.NASA Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG) -- 5.9.Other Applications -- 5.10.New Directions for Low-Dimensional Thermoelectric Materials -- 6.Photovoltaic Energy Harvesting -- 6.1.Photovoltaics: History and Relevance -- 6.2.Physics of Solar Cells -- 6.3.Solar Cell Design and Strategies for Optimizing Figure of Merit -- 6.4.Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells -- 6.5.Thin Film Solar Cells -- 6.6.Emerging Photovoltaic Cells -- 6.7.Multi-Junction Solar Cells -- 6.8.Conclusion and Outlook -- 7.Wind Energy Harvesting -- 7.1.Wind: History and Need -- 7.2.Background Physics -- 7.3.Wind Harvester Design -- 7.4.Modeling of Wind Energy Harvesters -- 7.5.Strategies for Optimizing the Wind Turbine Efficiency -- 7.6.Review of the State-of-the-Art and Future Trends -- 8.Alternative Energy Harvesting Approaches -- 8.1.Shape Memory Alloy Heat Engine -- 8.2.Thermomagnetic Energy Harvesting -- 8.3.Electrostatic Energy Harvesting.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2018948753
ISBN1605951226 hardcover
ISBN9781605951225 hardcover

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