Advanced Energy Scavenging System for Condition-Based Maintenance

This Phase II effort will follow on the successful Phase I effort by developing and demonstrating complete adaptive power scavenging system with wireless communications and energy storage. We will employ two different energy tranducer technologies - a MEMSmicro generator developed at the University of Southampton and a piezo-electric based tranducer developed by Rockwell Automation. Both devices were demonstrated to successfully produce meaningful power in the Phase I project. The goal is to demonstrate theresulting devices in three condition-based maintenance applications: military, industrial, and commercial. A business and manufacturing plan will be developed along with the technology to ensure rapid commercialization of the product. Wireless,self-powered sensors for condition-based maintenance have wide applicability in military, industrial, and commercial systems. The power scavenging system developed in this research will enable self-powered devices for a variety of applications.