• DocumentCode
    2744064
  • Title

    Determination of the efficiency of energy harvesters

  • Author

    Schumacher, B. ; Sala, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Phys. Tech. Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, Germany
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    1-6 July 2012
  • Firstpage
    70
  • Lastpage
    71
  • Abstract
    Efficiency of energy harvesters has to be optimized, comparable and traceable. To assure this, for the determination of the efficiency of energy harvesters the model of internal and external efficiency is developed. Two cases will be shown to demonstrate the advantages of this approach. First measurement results are presented and discussed.
  • Keywords
    energy conservation; energy harvesting; EH; energy harvester efficiency determination; external efficiency; internal efficiency; measurement result; Conductivity; Conductivity measurement; Materials; Power generation; Temperature measurement; Thermal conductivity; efficiency; electrical conductivity; energy harvesting; material properties; piezoelectric devices; thermoelectric devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Precision Electromagnetic Measurements (CPEM), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Washington, DC
  • ISSN
    0589-1485
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0439-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CPEM.2012.6250665
  • Filename
    6250665