Electromagnetic micro-power generator for energy harvesting from breathing

Author

Delnavaz, Aidin ; Voix, Jérémie

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Ecole de Technol. Super., Montreal, QC, Canada

fYear

2012

fDate

25-28 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

984

Lastpage

988

Abstract

An electromagnetic energy harvesting mechanism is presented to convert the breath pressure into electrical voltage. The generated power has a general application in providing energy for portable or wearable electronic devices and a particular application in chemical respirators to power the cartridge end of service life indicator systems. Changes in the breath pressure have been measured during normal breathing, and the proposed electromagnetic system has been simulated to find the best configuration of components. Also, a prototype has been built and tested. The experimental results will show that more than 3 μW can be harvested by using this generator.

Keywords

electromagnetic devices; energy harvesting; pneumodynamics; power supplies to apparatus; breath pressure; breathing; cartridge end; chemical respirators; electrical voltage; electromagnetic energy harvesting mechanism; electromagnetic micropower generator; service life indicator systems; wearable electronic devices; Biomechanics; Biomedical measurements; Coils; Electron tubes; IEEE Xplore; Magnetomechanical effects;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

IECON 2012 - 38th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society

Conference_Location

Montreal, QC

ISSN

1553-572X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2419-9

Electronic_ISBN

1553-572X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.2012.6388587

Filename

6388587