Metrology for Energy Harvesting
Public support
Provider
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
Programme
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Call for proposals
FP6-2005-Energy-4
Main participants
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Contest type
RP - Co-financing of EC programme
Contract ID
18931/2011-321
Alternative language
Project name in Czech
Metrology for Energy Harvesting
Annotation in Czech
Portable electronics and communications devices form a crucial part of our technological society, but they require power from batteries that contain toxic chemicals and limit their minimum size or maximum lifetime - as batteries eventually need to be recharged or replaced. The harvesting and utilisation of only a small fraction of energy wasted as heat and vibration from human and environmental processes could potentially power such devices and contribute to a reduction in CO2 emissions. This project aims to develop new technologies, devices and measurement methods that enable the exploitation of waste energy to provide small, but reliable and sustainable, power sources. The potential for substituting batteries for these technologies, including microgenerators and nanogenerators, will be assessed by measuring efficiency and effectiveness across a variety of applications, and a measurement framework will be developed to provide the essential, traceable and reliable data required for product development.
Scientific branches
R&D category
AP - Applied research
CEP classification - main branch
JB - Sensors, detecting elements, measurement and regulation
CEP - secondary branch
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CEP - another secondary branch
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OECD FORD - equivalent branches <br>(according to the <a href="http://www.vyzkum.cz/storage/att/E6EF7938F0E854BAE520AC119FB22E8D/Prevodnik_oboru_Frascati.pdf">converter</a>)
20201 - Electrical and electronic engineering
Completed project evaluation
Provider evaluation
U - Uspěl podle zadání (s publikovanými či patentovanými výsledky atd.)
Project results evaluation
The objective of the project was to develop new methods for traceable metrology for the evaluation of conversion efficiency in micro-generations including certified reference material, also develop new reliable, accurate metrology of thermoelectric materials properties below 100nm scale including thin-films systems.
Solution timeline
Realization period - beginning
Jan 1, 2011
Realization period - end
Aug 31, 2013
Project status
U - Finished project
Latest support payment
Mar 31, 2013
Data delivery to CEP
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data delivery code
CEP14-MSM-7A-U/01:1
Data delivery date
Jun 30, 2014
Finance
Total approved costs
1,571 thou. CZK
Public financial support
1,571 thou. CZK
Other public sources
0 thou. CZK
Non public and foreign sources
0 thou. CZK