Energy Harvesting Eel

Abstract

Ocean Power Technologies' (OPT) team is developing a new power generating technology that focuses on the generation of electrical power from the flow energy of water in streams, currents, or pipes. The generating systems that are developed will be eel-like structures made from piezoelectric polymers. The program will develop an energy harvesting unit to supply electrical power that enables small military devices to have an indefinite life when operating in a site with a flowing water energy resource.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA551491

Entities

People

  • George W. Taylor

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Capacitors
  • Contracts
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Efficiency
  • Electronics
  • Energy
  • Energy Harvesting
  • Flow
  • Generators
  • Marine Energy
  • Materials
  • Piezoelectric Materials
  • Piezoelectric Polymers
  • Polymers
  • Polyurethanes
  • Water Flow

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Marine Ecological Systems Migration