Challenges:
Our team’s major challenge right now is determining which method to use to harvest energy. While many options exist, including shape memory alloys, piezoelectric, dielectric elastomer, or electromagnetic generators, we are unsure of their energy potentials and whether or not it will be feasible to generate enough energy to power a consumer’s product, such as a phone. While research has shown that these materials have the ability to generate energy from a given mechanical source or input, the amount of energy we require may be too great. Additionally, given that they were used to generate small amounts of energy, we are not sure how these options would scale to an application that meets a consumer’s needs. Furthermore, we are concerned that the manufacturing or application of any of these options at our scale may prove to be very difficult given our team’s background in mechanical engineering and not electrical engineering.
Our team’s major challenge right now is determining which method to use to harvest energy. While many options exist, including shape memory alloys, piezoelectric, dielectric elastomer, or electromagnetic generators, we are unsure of their energy potentials and whether or not it will be feasible to generate enough energy to power a consumer’s product, such as a phone. While research has shown that these materials have the ability to generate energy from a given mechanical source or input, the amount of energy we require may be too great. Additionally, given that they were used to generate small amounts of energy, we are not sure how these options would scale to an application that meets a consumer’s needs. Furthermore, we are concerned that the manufacturing or application of any of these options at our scale may prove to be very difficult given our team’s background in mechanical engineering and not electrical engineering.
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