SBIR Phase II: Low-Profile, Multi-Polar Energy Generator (MEG) for Small Scale Power Applications

SBIR 第二阶段：适用于小型电力应用的薄型多极能量发生器 (MEG)

• 批准号: 1127526
• 负责人: Eri Takahashi
• 金额: $ 49.97万
• 依托单位: EcoHarvester, Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-01 至 2014-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1127526&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; II; Low; Profile

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project proposes to create high performance energy harvesting products using EcoHarvester?s Multi-Pole Energy Generator (MEG) technology. The novel platform technology will answer the need for power in the mili-watt to several watt ranges and will be possible to serve multiple markets. Phase II will focus on miniaturization of the MEG technology, system level integration of wireless light switches, and modification of the MEG technology for application to a user-actuated portable electronic device charger. The self-generated light switches will eliminated the cost and time spent on wiring or changing batteries. The user-actuated chargers will eliminate the need to buy disposable batteries for smart phone power back-up.The broader impacts of this research are further investment in energy harvesting and accelerate the adoption of energy harvesting technologies to replace/supplement batteries. In addition to the great economic and performance advantages of our technology for end users, there are compelling motivations to promote this technology for reasons of sustainability and waste reduction. Locally generated power is highly desirable due to the inherent inefficiencies of transmission and storage. As our world becomes increasingly wired, the demand for environmentally burdensome batteries and copper wires has skyrocketed, creating problems related to material extraction, processing, and disposal. The limitations of batteries also constrict the useful life of many devices and limit some applications due to the need to be able to service and replace components.

该小型企业创新研究二期项目计划利用生态收割机-S多极能量发生器(MEG)技术创造高性能的能源收集产品。这种新颖的平台技术将满足从毫瓦到几瓦范围的电力需求，并将有可能服务于多个市场。第二阶段将侧重于MEG技术的小型化，无线电灯开关的系统级集成，以及将MEG技术应用于用户驱动的便携式电子设备充电器的改进。自行产生的灯开关将消除布线或更换电池所花费的成本和时间。用户驱动的充电器将不再需要购买一次性电池作为智能手机的后备电源。这项研究的更广泛影响是进一步投资于能源收集，并加快采用能量收集技术来更换/补充电池。除了我们的技术对终端用户具有巨大的经济和性能优势外，出于可持续发展和减少浪费的原因，也有令人信服的动机来推广这项技术。由于传输和存储的固有低效，本地发电是非常可取的。随着我们的世界变得越来越网络化，对环境负担严重的电池和铜线的需求飙升，产生了与材料提取、加工和处置相关的问题。电池的局限性还限制了许多设备的使用寿命，并由于需要能够维修和更换组件而限制了一些应用。