In an energy sustainability context, and in the upward trend of renewable energy growth, several proposals have been made concerning energy harvesting in civil engineering structures and infrastructures. After a literature review on the topic, in the first part of this research, focus is given to the definition of an energy harvesting taxonomy in the civil engineering field and to the classification of energy extraction schemes. After that, this study focuses on the energy sustainability of complex structural systems. Within this topic, the possibility of using the air flow as an energy resource is explored. © 2013 Taylor & Francis Group.
Energy harvesting for the sustainability of structures and infrastructures / Gkoumas, Konstantinos; Petrini, Francesco; Arangio, Stefania; Crosti, Chiara. - (2013), pp. 2457-2462. (Intervento presentato al convegno 5th International Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation, SEMC 2013 tenutosi a Cape Town nel 2 September 2013 through 4 September 2013) [10.1201/b15963-442].
Energy harvesting for the sustainability of structures and infrastructures
GKOUMAS, Konstantinos;PETRINI, Francesco;ARANGIO, Stefania;CROSTI, CHIARA
2013
Abstract
In an energy sustainability context, and in the upward trend of renewable energy growth, several proposals have been made concerning energy harvesting in civil engineering structures and infrastructures. After a literature review on the topic, in the first part of this research, focus is given to the definition of an energy harvesting taxonomy in the civil engineering field and to the classification of energy extraction schemes. After that, this study focuses on the energy sustainability of complex structural systems. Within this topic, the possibility of using the air flow as an energy resource is explored. © 2013 Taylor & Francis Group.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
