The power chain of autonomous devices consists of an energy scavenger, power converter and energy storage system. The interaction between a piezoelectric vibration energy scavenger, the power converter and the energy storage system is investigated. A system level approach, including mechanical and electrical domains, is pursued for impedance matching from mechanical domain to electrical domain ...

introduction: dye removal from industrial wastewater has been considered as one of the most environmental issues. recently, new methods of treatment such as catalytic ozonation have been used to increase dye removal efficiency. so, the efficiency of catalytic ozonation by copper coated zeolite as a catalyst in the removal of reactive red 198 was investigated. materials & methods: in order to re...

A vibration energy scavenger, manufactured entirely by thick-film construction, has been developed to power autonomous subsystems in an embedded health and useage system. The device is constrained to a 2mm thickness and has been designed for a specific helicopter application. The resulting power output is capable of powering an ‘off-the-shelf’ microcontroller based system.

To power distributed wireless sensor networks on bridges, traditional power cables or battery replacement are excessively expensive or infeasible. This project develops two power harvesting technologies. First, a novel parametric frequency-increased generator (PFIG) is developed. The fabricated PFIG harvests the non-periodic and unprecedentedly low frequency (DC to 30 Hz) and low acceleration (...

As a pre-treatment method of refractory gold ore, carbonaceous matter (C-matter) flotation was investigated with multi-stage by rougher, scavenger, and cleaner stages. Different dosages kerosene MIBC (4-Methyl-2-pentanol) were applied the optimum dosage selected testing in each stage. With combination stage, four circuit designs suggested, which single-stage rougher (R), rougher-scavenger (R+S)...

Background: Chicken sertoli cells are a model to evaluate the effects of toxic Materialss. These cells can actively proliferate in the in vitro conditions and they are able to passage several times. Because of the widespread use of nanosilver in life and also few studies on the effects of these Materialss on different cell lines, evaluation of its toxic effects is felt. Mechanism of nanosilver ...

objective: previous studies showed that grape seed extract (gse) is an excellent natural substance with potent antioxidant effect and free radical scavenger. this study aimed to evaluate the effect of gse on motor dysfunctions and thalamic local electroencephalography (eeg) frequency bands' powers in rats with parkinson's disease (pd). materials and methods: in this study 8 µg 6-hydro...

Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) can be used to directly generate electricity from the oxidation of dissolved organic matter, but optimization of MFCs will require that we know more about the factors that can increase power output such as the type of proton exchange system which can affect the system internal resistance. Power output in a MFC containing a proton exchange membrane was compared using ...