Micro Energy Harvesting from Low-Frequency Vibrations

Towards Powering Pacemakers with Heartbeats

Doctoral thesis (2021)

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Research Group
Mechatronic Systems Design (Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2021 Thijs Blad
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https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:eeebed12-090f-4a4b-8450-d05a763fc9da
Buckling Vibration energy harvesting Compliant mechanisms
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Published Date

2021

Language

English

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Faculty

Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering

Department

Precision and Microsystems Engineering

Research Group

Mechatronic Systems Design

Abstract

Miniaturized vibration energy harvesters can provide an alternative to batteries in powering the billions of low power devices we use today by extracting power from ambient motion. Especially for implanted medical devices, these alternative power sources may be an attractive option to overcome the limitations on longevity and the replacement costs and inconvenience that result from the use of batteries....