Invention Application
- Patent Title: ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF HARVESTING ENERGY
- Patent Title (中): 能量采集装置和收集能量的方法
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Application No.: US14895838Application Date: 2014-06-23
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Publication No.: US20160111980A1Publication Date: 2016-04-21
- Inventor: Chengliang Sun , Xiaojing Mu , Peter Hyun Kee Chang , Qingxin Zhang , Alex Yuandong Gu , Wei Mong Tsang
- Applicant: AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
- Priority: SG201304854-1 20130621; SG201308683-0 20131122
- International Application: PCT/SG2014/000297 WO 20140623
- Main IPC: H02N2/18
- IPC: H02N2/18
Abstract:
According to embodiments of the present invention, an energy harvesting device is provided. The energy harvesting device includes a microchannel arranged to receive a fluid, a bluff body arranged to interact with the fluid flowing through the microchannel to generate a vortex fluid street, and an energy harvesting element arranged to interact with the vortex fluid street to harvest energy from the fluid. According to further embodiments of the present invention, a method of harvesting energy is also provided.
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