Week 2 Triboelectric Energy Harvesting

psbhatia 2015-2016 Triboelectric Energy Harvesting

With our proof of concept model giving usable amounts of power in the initial estimates, more detailed analytical work showed additional forces that seemed hard to take into account in the power area density. To properly estimate how much power we can produce from a one tile size model, we decided to first make a miniature tile model for both types of power generating modes of contact we researched. We are using our proof of concept model and simplifying it to only use small copper electrodes, previously purchased triboelectric material, small springs, wood planks, and non-conductive adhesive. This allows us to easily manufacture our miniature model.