New subject “Energy Harvesting” for education of mechatronics

Author

Hadas, Zdenek ; Singule, Vladislav

Author_Institution

Fac. of Mech. Eng., Brno Univ. of Technol., Brno, Czech Republic

fYear

2010

fDate

2-4 June 2010

Firstpage

16

Lastpage

17

Abstract

This papers deals with the new subject for education of mechatronics in Brno University of Technology. The new subject “Energy Harvesting” is prepared for students of the master study programme mechatronics. This subject presents overview of power sources for autonomous mechatronic applications. Nowadays power sources can be classified as energy reservoirs (batteries, super-capacitors, fuel cells, etc.), power distribution methods (wiring, laser, RF, acoustic, etc.) or energy harvesting methods. This new subject deals principally with unique ways of generating energy from surroundings of engineering systems.

Keywords

educational courses; educational institutions; energy harvesting; mechatronics; power engineering education; Brno University of Technology; energy harvesting method; engineering systems; mechatronics education; power distribution methods; Batteries; Educational programs; Educational technology; Fuel cells; Mechatronics; Power distribution; Power lasers; Radio frequency; Reservoirs; Wiring; education; energy harvesting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

MECHATRONIKA, 2010 13th International Symposium

Conference_Location

Trencianske Teplice

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7962-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-80-8075-451-8

Type

conf

Filename

5521192