Waste Energy Harvesting Mechanical and Thermal Energies /

• Main Authors: Kong, Ling Bing (Author), Li, Tao (Author), Hng, Huey Hoon (Author), Boey, Freddy (Author), Zhang, Tianshu (Author), Li, Sean (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Energy, 24
• Subjects: Energy.; Energy harvesting.; Electric power production.; Structural materials.; Nanotechnology.; Energy Harvesting.; Energy Technology.; Structural Materials.

This book overviews the latest progress in waste energy harvesting technologies, with specific focusing on waste thermal mechanical energies. Waste mechanical energy harvesting technologies use the piezoelectric (ferroelectric) effect with ferroelectric materials and nanogenerators. Thermal energy h...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Waste Mechanical Energy Harvesting (I) - Piezoelectric Effect
• Waste Mechanical Energy Harvesting (II) - Nanopiezoelectric Effect
• Waste Thermal Energy Harvesting (I) - Thermoelectric Effect
• Waste Thermal Energy Harvesting (II) - Pyroelectric Effect and Others
• Waste Thermal Energy Harvesting (III) - Storage with Phase Change Materials.