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Piezoelectric-based Energy Scavenging for Wireless Sensors

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N00014-04-M-0302
Agency Tracking Number: N045-022-0149
Amount: $69,998.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: N04-T022
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2004
Award Year: 2004
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2004-07-01
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2005-04-30
Small Business Information
3921 Academy Parkway North, NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109
United States
DUNS: 055145320
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Charles Lakeman
 Senior Scientist
 (505) 342-4427
 clakeman@tplinc.com
Business Contact
 H. Stoller
Title: President & CEO
Phone: (505) 342-4412
Email: hstoller@tplinc.com
Research Institution
 Washington State University
 David Bahr
 
School of Mech. and Mater. Eng, P.O. Box 642940
Pullman, WA 99164
United States

 (509) 335-8523
 Nonprofit College or University
Abstract

The smaller warcraft envisioned by The Electric Warships and Combat Vehicles Future Naval Capability need to reduce the size and weight of shipboard systems such as auxiliary systems, sensors, or other items embedded within the propeller or its associated hub, ducting, or shaft. Wireless sensors based on MEMS technologies offer enormous potential for meeting these needs by eliminating heavy, costly and failure-prone wiring, and reducing sensor size, weight and power. TPL proposes to develop a MEMS Electrical Power System for embedded propulsion train sensors. The approach will combine a piezoelectric micropower generator (MPG) developed at Washington State University to harvest ambient vibrational energy, with TPL's patented volumetric micro-supercapacitors to store the energy and deliver it as needed for high power transients. This approach integrates energy harvesting and energy storage in a single hybrid device that delivers longevity with high power density without the need for refueling or recharging. The unique combination of energy harvesting and microsupercapacitors is the ONLY way to meet the disparate energy generation, storage and delivery needs for embedded wireless sensors with a minimum volume, and a minimum weight system. Supercapacitors enable more than AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE reduction in size compared with energy harvesting systems alone.

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