Rotational energy harvester for body motion
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
4-13-2011
Abstract
This paper presents a micro-rotational energy harvester topology for extracting electric energy from human body motion at joint locations. This was accomplished using an inertial-based axial flux machine constructed with multiple permanent magnet poles and stacked microfabricated planar coils. Several body locations were tested while walking and running on a motor-driven treadmill. An average power of 472μW was obtained when the 2cm3 device was placed on the ankle while walking at 4mph.
Publication Title
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
Recommended Citation
Romero, E.,
Neuman, M.,
&
Warrington, R.
(2011).
Rotational energy harvester for body motion.
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 1325-1328.
http://doi.org/10.1109/MEMSYS.2011.5734678
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