Nonlinear water-waves energy harvesting – modeling and experiments
Description
This research studies the dynamics of an energy harvesting prototype driven by water-waves. By exploiting the dynamics of double well potential-barrier electromagnetic energy harvesting system, an efficient energy harvesting mechanism is produced. The device converts the slow motion of open-sea water-waves, reproduced in a laboratory simulator, into fast vibrations thus creating high voltage levels through a multi-turn coil that moves relative to a magnetic field.