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Energy Harvesting for Autonomous Systems Neil White, Stephen Beeby
Publisher: Artech House

Using OPV to power sensors in low ambient light environments - such as public buildings and offices - could have significant impact on reducing the overall cost and environmental impact of heating and ventilation systems.”. The autonomous system completed a record breaking 9000-mile journey across the Pacific using only the waves and solar panels to power itself. Virginia Tech College of Engineering researchers have unveiled a life-like, autonomous robotic jellyfish the size and weight of a grown man, 5 foot 7 inches in length and weighing 170 pounds. This book pres an introduction to operating principles and design methods of modern kinetic energy harvesting systems and explains the implications of harvested power on autonomous electronic systems design. Photovoltaic (OPV) technology developer Solar Press is investigating the potential for flexible plastic based OPV modules to be used as a power source for remote, autonomous sensors within buildings – an 'energy harvesting' application. The 4th Annual Energy Harvesting & Storage USA is the world's largest conference and exhibition covering the very latest commercial opportunities, markets and the systems that need energy harvesting to power sensors. Session, they will provide an overview of Solar Window™ technology development and business objectives, discuss overall photovoltaic technology advancement, and share perspectives on improving building efficiency and energy autonomy. When I first interviewed Liquid Robotics CEO Bill Vass, I was very impressed by the company's energy harvesting navigation system and its embedded data acquisition capabilities (see “Wave Glide Wave-Powered Marine Robot” at engineeringTV.com). Battery maintenance, so far preventing wireless monitoring sensor networks from really taking off, can be eliminated by TGP-enabled autonomous DC power modules whenever a temperature difference of 5°C or more is available. Student team members from the Virginia Tech's National Science Foundation Center for Energy Harvesting Materials and Systems (CEHMS) test a 5-foot wide jellyfish-like robot under water at War Memorial Hall. Thermoelectric thin-film micro devices have high demand in micro-systems for waste-energy harvesting self-powered battery-less wireless sensor systems for wireless data transfer.