Title :
Electrical energy generation from body heat
Author :
Udalagama, Chanditha Janaka
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Abstract :
The continual push for lower operating voltages and lower power consumption of modern integrated circuits is making body heat powered devices increasingly feasible. This work presents and analyses a resonance and voltage step-up method for extracting usable power from low temperature thermal sources such as exhaust body heat energy.
Keywords :
energy harvesting; low-power electronics; power consumption; thermoelectric conversion; body heat energy; electrical energy generation; lower operating voltages; lower power consumption; voltage step-up method; Capacitors; Converters; Electrical resistance measurement; Heating; Immune system; Integrated circuits; Temperature measurement; Energy harvesting; TEG; Thermo Electric Generator; Ultra low voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Sustainable Energy Technologies (ICSET), 2010 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kandy
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7192-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICSET.2010.5684932
