Scaling Laws for Energy Harvesters in a Marine Environment
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چکیده
A survey of energy harvesting methods specific to a marine environment is presented in order to optimally choose and design an energy harvester that will be embedded in an autonomous water quality monitoring platform. Output power formulae are derived as a function of characteristic device length in order to perform a scaling analysis and a comparison of the mechanisms. Limitations of the different harvesting techniques are discussed. It is found that an oscillating pendulum mounted in a floating craft and a hinged device designed to ride over water waves provide good power densities at the energy harvesting scale.
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