DocumentCode
3210974
Title
Energy harvesting with Di-Electro Active Polymers
Author
Due, Jens ; Munk-Nielsen, Stig ; Nielsen, Rasmus O.
Author_Institution
Department of Energy Technology, Electrical Energy Engineering, Aalborg University, Denmark
fYear
2010
fDate
19-21 April 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
6
Abstract
This article presents a way of using Di-Electro Active Polymers (D-EAPs) for harvesting mechanical energy sources. The article describes the basics of energy harvesting with D-EAPs, and an electrical model of a D-EAP is suggested. This leads to a converter design which is able to extract the electrical energy harvested by the D-EAP. This converter is simulated and realized. Through experimental results both the model of the D-EAP and the converter are verified. It is found that it is possible to harvest energy with a D-EAP and build a converter that can extract the harvested energy.
Keywords
Converter design; D-EAP; Di-Electro Active Polymer;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2010), 5th IET International Conference on
Conference_Location
Brighton, UK
Type
conf
DOI
10.1049/cp.2010.0195
Filename
5523627
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