Autonomous Sensors Powered by Energy Harvesting from von Karman Vortices in Airflow

In this paper an energy harvesting system based on a piezoelectric converter to extract energy from airflow and use it to power battery-less sensors is presented. The converter is embedded as a part of a flexure beam that is put into vibrations by von Karman vortices detached from a bluff body place...

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Main Authors: Marco Demori, Marco Ferrari, Arianna Bonzanini, Pietro Poesio, Vittorio Ferrari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-09-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/17/9/2100