Mechanical Energy Harvesting from flying insects Export

@inproceedings{aktakka2008, abstract = {This paper time reports the first effort to generate power from a live insect (Cotinis nitida - Green June Beetle) during its tethered flight, by utilizing piezoelectric devices in the d31 bending mode to convert mechanical vibrations of a beetle into electrical output. We measured available deflection, force and power output from oscillatory movements at different locations on a beetle with an unmounted piezoelectric beam and showed that up to \~{}115 W power generation is possible. Two initial generator prototypes were fabricated, mounted on a beetle, and harvested 11.5 W and 7.5 W in device volumes of 11.0 mm3 and 5.6 mm3 respectively from 85 Hz-100 Hz wing strokes. A final prototype was designed to enable minimum disturbance of free-flight while maximizing power output. ANSYS simulations predict an output of 101.6 W.}, author = {Aktakka, E. E. and Kim, H. and Atashbar, M. and Najafi, J.}, booktitle = {Solid State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop}, citeulike-article-id = {3130465}, journal = {Solid State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop}, keywords = {beetle, cantilever, flying-insect, piezoelectric}, month = {June}, pages = {382--383}, posted-at = {2008-08-17 20:50:15}, priority = {0}, title = {Mechanical Energy Harvesting from flying insects}, year = {2008} }

TY - CONF ID - aktakka2008 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3130465 N2 - This paper time reports the first effort to generate power from a live insect (Cotinis nitida - Green June Beetle) during its tethered flight, by utilizing piezoelectric devices in the d31 bending mode to convert mechanical vibrations of a beetle into electrical output. We measured available deflection, force and power output from oscillatory movements at different locations on a beetle with an unmounted piezoelectric beam and showed that up to ~115 W power generation is possible. Two initial generator prototypes were fabricated, mounted on a beetle, and harvested 11.5 W and 7.5 W in device volumes of 11.0 mm3 and 5.6 mm3 respectively from 85 Hz-100 Hz wing strokes. A final prototype was designed to enable minimum disturbance of free-flight while maximizing power output. ANSYS simulations predict an output of 101.6 W. JF - Solid State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop EP - 383 TI - Mechanical Energy Harvesting from flying insects T2 - Solid State Sensors, Actuators, and Microsystems Workshop SP - 382 KW - beetle KW - cantilever KW - flying-insect KW - piezoelectric AU - Aktakka, EE AU - Kim, H AU - Atashbar, M AU - Najafi, J PY - 2008/06// ER -