Energy Harvesting and Energy Efficiency Technology, Methods, and Applications /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bizon, Nicu (Editor), Mahdavi Tabatabaei, Naser (Editor), Blaabjerg, Frede (Editor), Kurt, Erol (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Energy, 37
• Subjects: Energy.; Renewable energy resources.; Energy harvesting.; Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Nanotechnology.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Energy Harvesting.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.

This book presents basic and advanced concepts for energy harvesting and energy efficiency, as well as related technologies, methods, and their applications. The book provides up-to-date knowledge and discusses the state-of-the-art equipment and methods used for energy harvesting and energy efficien...

Table of Contents:

• Energy saving and efficient energy use by power electronics systems
• Energy harvesting sources and power interfaces–a review
• Micro-scale energy harvesting for battery less information technologies
• Efficient energy harvesting systems for vibration and wireless sensor applications
• Nonlinear problems in piezoelectric harvesters under magnetic field
• Energy harvesting from the photo voltaic hybrid power source based on xtremum seeking control schemes
• Energy efficiency of the photo voltaic systems.