STRATEGIC RESEACH - JOINT RESEARCH PROJECTS WITHIN THE III EXECUTIVE PROGRAMME OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL CO-OPERATION BETWEEN CROATIA AND ITALY FOR THE YEARS 2009-2010. The aim of this research is to perform the way of recovering electrical energy from human body with micro and macro movements. Micro movements are from breath while macro movements are from hands and/or foot. Their combination can represent, in terms of quantity, an interesting availability to supply biomedical autonomous apparatuses and devices. Consequently, a correct modeling is requested to optimize the energy converter for supplying the biomedical autonomous systems. In human beings, when each breath process is completed, the lung still contains a volume of air, called the functional residual capacity (approximately 2200 mL). The current research shows the usefulness of a correct modeling, hence a correct converter. The research allows to determine the minimum mechanical energy necessary to get an interesting level of electrical energy. The Italian unit has an infrastructure of building a PVDF film sensors, testing them. This is the role to be played by Italian unit; whereas, the Croatian unit has the expertise in the electronic circuits using microcontroller. Both expertises of the two units are considered complementary for the fulfillment of the project. Consequently, the project will realize a complete autonomous board with sensing unit to be connected to the conditioning and supply unit for delivering energy to portable autonomous biomedical devices, namely, hearing aids.
Extracting electric energy from human body for supplying autonomous biomedical devices and new PVDF transducer optimization
LAY EKUAKILLE, Aime;
2009-01-01
Abstract
STRATEGIC RESEACH - JOINT RESEARCH PROJECTS WITHIN THE III EXECUTIVE PROGRAMME OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL CO-OPERATION BETWEEN CROATIA AND ITALY FOR THE YEARS 2009-2010. The aim of this research is to perform the way of recovering electrical energy from human body with micro and macro movements. Micro movements are from breath while macro movements are from hands and/or foot. Their combination can represent, in terms of quantity, an interesting availability to supply biomedical autonomous apparatuses and devices. Consequently, a correct modeling is requested to optimize the energy converter for supplying the biomedical autonomous systems. In human beings, when each breath process is completed, the lung still contains a volume of air, called the functional residual capacity (approximately 2200 mL). The current research shows the usefulness of a correct modeling, hence a correct converter. The research allows to determine the minimum mechanical energy necessary to get an interesting level of electrical energy. The Italian unit has an infrastructure of building a PVDF film sensors, testing them. This is the role to be played by Italian unit; whereas, the Croatian unit has the expertise in the electronic circuits using microcontroller. Both expertises of the two units are considered complementary for the fulfillment of the project. Consequently, the project will realize a complete autonomous board with sensing unit to be connected to the conditioning and supply unit for delivering energy to portable autonomous biomedical devices, namely, hearing aids.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
