Goals and Outline

The lecture addresses students in the fields of mechanical engineering, energy technologies, mechatronics and information technology. A comprehensive introduction is given in the basics and current developments in this new and very dynamically evolving field. The lecture is (supplementary/compulsory) in the master courses of „Energietechnik“ and „Energy Technologies (ENTECH)“ and supplementary in the major of „Mechatronics and Microsystems Technology“ in Mechanical Engineering.

Course: 
Mechanical Engineering: Major M&M
Energy Technologies: NN
Energietechnik: NN

Outline:

• Basic physical principles of energy conversion
• Layout and design optimization
• Technologies
• Selected devices
• Applications

The lecture is given in English.

Thermo magnetic energy harvester

Contents

The lecture includes amongst others the following topics:

• Kinetic energy harvesting
• Micro thermoelectrics
• Micro thermomagnetic energy generation
• Solid state cooling
• EM field energy conversion
• Microsystem enabled photovoltaics
• Microbatteries and supercapacitors
• Microfuel cells

Bibliography

• Lecture notes (overhead transparencies) „Micro Energy Technologies“
• Stephen Beeby, Neil White, Energy Harvesting for Autonomous Systems, Artech House, 2010
• Shashank Priya, Daniel J. Inman, Energy Harvesting Technologies, Springer, 2009