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Energy Harvesting

Smarter car for the smarter you

2What is energy harvesting?

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_harvesting: http://www.maximintegrated.com/en/glossary/definitions.mvp/term/Energy%20Harvesting/gpk/1144; http://www.maximintegrated.com/en/app-notes/index.mvp/id/5259:http://vibpower.w3.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/about-e.html

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Energy Harvesting For The Car

Source: http://www.energyharvestingjournal.com/articles/3843/energy-harvesting-for-vehicles: http://electricvehiclesolarcharger.com/3.05kw-solar-plug-in-hybrid-charger.htm

Reduce the weight of vehicle by replacing wired device to wireless

Utilizes the energy which otherwise would have been wasted

Make car more environment friendly and sustainable

Advantages of energy harvesting

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Advanced vehicles use torque blending to combine regenerative braking with friction braking to maximize energy harvesting from

vehicle kinetic energy (Courtesy of Robert Bosch GmbH).

Source: http://www.digikey.com/en/articles/techzone/2013/oct/energy-harvesting-exploits-diverse-sources-in-automotive-applications

Regenerative braking

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Solar cell for energy harvesting

Source : http://www.pddnet.com/articles/2009/09/vehicles-aerospace-drive-energy-harvesting-forward

Solar cell for energy harvesting

Source : http://www.ford.com/cars/cmax

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Source: http://www.gizmag.com/piezoelectric-road-harvests-traffic-energy-to-generate-electricity/10568/picture/60295/

Converting mechanical strain such as vibration, temperature gradient to electrical energy is possible through energy

harvesting

Piezoelectric cell for energy harvesting