Title :
System Design on Thermoelectic Energy Harvesting from Body Heat
Author :
Guangxi Wu ; Xiong Yu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Case Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, OH, USA
Abstract :
Thermoelectric principle based energy harvesting system from body heat is a promising power strategy for portable devices. This paper introduces design of this kind of system, which can be divided into two sub-systems: thermoelectric system and energy management system. Experiment validates that the designed system can power the load to work periodically.
Keywords :
biothermics; energy harvesting; energy management systems; portable instruments; thermoelectric conversion; thermoelectric devices; body heat; energy management system; portable device; power strategy; subsystems; system design; thermoelectric principle based energy harvesting system; Capacitors; Charge pumps; Energy harvesting; Energy management; Light emitting diodes; Power generation; Threshold voltage; body heat; energy harvesting; system design; temperature difference; thermoelectric;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC), 2013 39th Annual Northeast
Conference_Location :
Syracuse, NY
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4928-4
DOI :
10.1109/NEBEC.2013.142
