Electrostatic energy harvesting by droplet-based multi-phase microfluidics

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2012-07-01

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Yıldırım, Ender
Külah, Haluk

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This paper presents an energy scavenging technique, merging microfluidics with electrostatic energy harvesting. The method employs droplet-based microflow of two phases with different electrical permittivities, resulting in a capacitance change across the microchannel, to harvest electrical energy. The technique is implemented on 3 mm wide, 1 mm deep minichannels. It is shown that 0.4 nW can be harvested using a single electrode pair, with air and water as the two phases flowing at 1 ml/min. The generated power can be increased significantly by microscale implementation, where the number of electrodes can also be increased for further improvement.

Subject Keywords

Energy harvesting, Capacitive, Electrostatic, Droplet-based microfluidics, Droplet

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/43886

Journal

MICROFLUIDICS AND NANOFLUIDICS

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10404-012-0946-2

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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Article

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E. Yıldırım and H. Külah, “Electrostatic energy harvesting by droplet-based multi-phase microfluidics,” MICROFLUIDICS AND NANOFLUIDICS, pp. 107–111, 2012, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/43886.