MUMBAI, India, April 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641019698 A) filed by Sri Manakula Vinayagar Engineering College, Puducherry, India, on Feb. 20, for 'mems based energy harvesting for industrial application.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. P. Arunagiri; Dr. K. Naveenkumar; Dr. D. Sivanandakumar; Dr. M. Rekha; Mrs. T. Sudha; Mr. J. Jeevanantham; Mr. W. Godfrey Daniel; Mr. N. Muthukumaran; and Mrs. R. Revathi.
The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The titled invention discloses a hybrid MEMS-based energy harvesting system designed to convert waste heat and mechanical vibrations generated by electric machines into usable electrical energy. The system comprises a MEMS cantilever 15 beam sensor (1) arranged to harvest vibration energyand a thermoelectric generator (2) mounted on the machine surface to convert waste heat into electrical energy. A damper (3) is positioned in contact with the cantilever beam to enhance vibrationinduced oscillations. The electrical outputs from the MEMS sensor (1) and thermoelectric generator (2) are supplied to an analog-to-digital converter (4) for signal 20 conversion and monitored by a microcontroller (5). The harvested energy is boosted using a boost controller (6)"and regulated through a DC-DC converter (7) before being stored in an energy storage device (8) such as a battery or supercapacitor. The stored energy is converted intoAC power using an inverter (9) and delivered to external loads through a relay (10) under microcontroller control. The invention provides an efficient, 25 compact, and sustainable solution for utilizing waste energy from electric machines, reducing dependency on external power sources and improving overall energy efficiency in industrial environments."
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