Energy Harvesting

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ABSTRACT

The existence of Energy harvesting system is there for long time now. It is there in the world since the people have been using solar power systems, watermills and windmills. In the past, expertise of the hydro-electric generators, wind turbines and solar panels have transformed harvesting into a little but rising contributor that is fulfilling energy needs of the whole world. The technology of energy harvesting has offered two imperative benefits that have proved to be more relevant than the solutions offered by the battery powers. Batteries have several disadvantages which happened to be either replaced or recharge them time to time. However, there is one more solution of increasing the energy level in the world. The limitations of the energy usage can be overcome by generating power through the environment by recharging the batteries. Energy harvesting is the process of capturing energies from free energy sources and storing them for later use. It has been increased significantly with a number of natural sources such as light (solar), wind and water. These energy sources are unlimited and free. Also it is possible today with a variety of technologies to recover waste energy and convert them into electrical energy. From the human day today activities such as walking, running, cycling and gym workouts are considerably energy waste in the world. Almost human energy wastes are spread in the community, Expect gym/health clubs, and they can be store and reuse.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

DECLARATIONIII

ABSTRACTIV

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

Background of the Research Study1

Aims and Objectives of the Research Study3

Problem Statement3

Significance of the Research Study4

Rationale of the Research Study4

Research Questions4

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW6

Theoretical Framework6

Energy Harvesting6

Uses of Energy Harvesting6

Conventional Ways of Producing Energy7

Past Studies on Energy Harvesting8

Prevailing Energy Harvesting9

Energy Harvesting Technology10

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY11

Rationale for a Qualitative Study11

Research Design12

Literature Search13

Reliability/Dependability13

CHAPTER 4: DISCUSSION AND FINDINGS14

Findings of the Literature Review14

Applications for Energy Harvesting14

Performance Metric for Energy Harvesting16

Mechanical energy harvesting methods17

Electromagnetic generator17

Electrostrictive polymers18

Comparison18

CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION20

REFERENCES21



CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

Background of the Research Study

The research study is based on the energy harvesting that is used for generation power energy through alternative sources. Energy harvesting is a process performed by a conversion mechanism for generating electric power from available ambient energy sources. Light, thermal, machine vibrations and human body functions are the well known examples of ambient energy sources receiving the attention of many researchers. Since energy harvesting systems offer long-lasting, green power supply for many portable, powered electronic applications, they are likely to ...