DESIGN AND MODELLING OF MICRO LINEAR GENERATOR FOR VIBRATION ENERGY HARVESTING

In the present world, the search for renewable energy is on-going. The need to power up wireless sensor network is on high demand. Some of the sensors are located in hard to reach areas, thus the need to power it up wirelessly. The usage of batteries in these sensors is unconventional since the replacement of the batteries is tedious. By powering these sensors wirelessly, there will be no need to change the batteries.
There are many different types of sources for renewable energy, such as solar energy, thermal energy and vibration energy. By harvesting these energies, the usage of non-renewable energies such as batteries can be reduced. Other than saving the environment, the usage of renewable energy produces continuous power to the wireless sensors and thus, reduces the incidence of no power.