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Introduction to Vibration Energy Harvesting

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This chapter introduces and discusses the fundamental concepts of energy harvesting. In particular, we explain what energy sources are available in the environment and why vibration energy is so convenient for conversion. We also discuss the concept of the vibration energy harvester as a system: what structural blocks are required to facilitate vibration-to-electricity conversion. Finally, we explain the role of nonlinearity and how it can be used to improve the performance of energy harvesters.

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  1. University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    Elena Blokhina

  2. University Rovira I Virgili, Tarragona, Spain

    Abdelali El Aroudi

  3. Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

    Eduard Alarcon

  4. UPMC — Sorbonne Universities, Paris, France

    Dimitri Galayko

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Blokhina, E., El Aroudi, A., Alarcon, E., Galayko, D. (2016). Introduction to Vibration Energy Harvesting. In: Blokhina, E., El Aroudi, A., Alarcon, E., Galayko, D. (eds) Nonlinearity in Energy Harvesting Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20355-3_1

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