Vibration Energy Harvesting: Linear and Nonlinear Oscillator Approaches
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چکیده
An important question that must be addressed by any energy harvesting technology is related to the type of energy available (Paradiso et al., 2005; Roundy et al., 2003). Among the renewable energy sources, kinetic energy is undoubtedly the most widely studied for applications to the micro-energy generation1. Kinetic energy harvesting requires a transduction mechanism to generate electrical energy from motion. This can happen via a mechanical coupling between the moving body and a physical device that is capable of generating electricity in the form of an electric current or of a voltage difference. In other words a kinetic energy harvester consists of a mechanical moving device that converts displacement into electric charge separation.
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