Shashank Priya

Energy Harvesting Technologies Shashank Priya 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2009 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.;'Energy Harvesting Technologies' provides a cohesive overview of the fundamentals and current developments in the field of energy harvesting. Table of Contents: Piezoelectric and Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting.- Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting.- Electromechanical Modeling of Cantilevered Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters for Persistent Base Motions.- Performance Evaluation of Vibration-Based Piezoelectric Energy Scavengers.- Piezoelectric Equivalent Circuit Models.- Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting.- Energy Harvesting Circuits and Architectures.- On the Optimal Energy Harvesting from a Vibration Source Using a Piezoelectric Stack.- Energy Harvesting Wireless Sensors.- Energy Harvesting using Non-linear Techniques.- Power Sources for Wireless Sensor Networks.- Harvesting Microelectronic Circuits.- Thermoelectrics.- Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting.- Optimized Thermoelectrics For Energy Harvesting Applications.- Microbatteries.- Thin Film Batteries for Energy Harvesting.- Materials for High-energy Density Batteries.- Selected Applications of Energy Harvesting Systems.- Feasibility of an Implantable, Stimulated Muscle-Powered Piezoelectric Generator as a Power Source for Implanted Medical Devices.- Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting for Bio MEMS Applications.- Harvesting Energy from the Straps of a Backpack Using Piezoelectric Materials.- Energy Harvesting for Active RF Sensors and ID Tags.- Powering Wireless SHM Sensor Nodes through Energy Harvesting. Brief Description: This well structured volume discusses basic principles for the design and fabrication of bulk and MEMS-based vibration energy systems, the rules required for fabrication of efficient electronics, and recent findings in thermoelectric energy harvesting systems. Jacket Description/Back: 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.

Contributor Bio:  Inman, Daniel J Daniel J. Inman received his Ph. D. from Michigan State University in Mechanical Engineering in 1980 and is the Director of the Center for Intelligent Material Systems and Structures and the G. R. Goodson Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech. Since 1980, he has published six books (on vibration, control, statics, and dynamics), eight software manuals, 20 book chapters, over 195 journal papers and 380 proceedings papers, given 34 keynote or plenary lectures, graduated 45 Ph. D. students and supervised more than 65 MS degrees. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Mechanics (AAM), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration (IIAV), and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). He is currently Technical Editor of the Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (1999- ), Technical Editor of the Shock and Vibration Digest (1998- ), and Technical Editor of the journal Shock and Vibration (1999- ). He has served as Technical Editor of ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics (1990-1999), and as Associate Editor of the following: ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics (1986-89), ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics (1988-94), Mechanics of Machines and Structures (1986-98), International Journal of Analytical and Experimental Modal Analysis (1986-1990) and Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (1992-1999) and Smart Materials and Structures (1991-2001). He is a founding member of the ASME Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Technical Committee and the AIAA Adaptive Structures Technical Committee. He won the ASME Adaptive Structures Award in April 2000, the ASME/AIAA SDM Best Paper Award in April 2001, the SPIE Smart Structures and Materials Life Time Achievement Award in March of 2003, the ASME Best Paper in Adaptive Structures in 2007, and the ASME Den Hartog Award in 2007