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

Author
Kishore, Ravi Anant
Published
Lancaster, Pennsylvania : DEStech Publications, [2019]
Copyright Date
©2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 271 pages) : illustrations
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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.
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ISBN
9781523124848 (electronic bk.)
1523124849 (electronic bk.)
1605951226
9781605951225
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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