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2008
Conference Paper
Titel
Application opportunities of energy harvesting principles into "non-electric" output forms for small electronic systems
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Die Anwendungsmöglichkeiten der Energiegewinnungsprinzipien für Formen 'nicht-elektrischer' Leistungsabgabe für kleine elektronische Systeme
Abstract
The goal of the study was to survey and to screen the application opportunities of 'non-electric' energy harvesting principles for small electric systems. The focus was to replace and to supplement a functional part of electric systems by the 'non-electric' energy harvesting. For example, a miniaturized Stirling engine could generate energy for a small pump in medical devices or a cooling fan for central processing units (CPU). In order to bring out application possibilities of technologies for energy transformation for small systems, the available energy sources and possible applications were listed and evaluated. 'Non-electric' energy transform principles were surveyed. For five selected technologies, the specific characteristics and the fields of application were exemplarily evaluated and compared. The result shows a good potential of the ?non-electric? energy harvesting for small systems.