{"id":494365,"date":"2010-03-31T14:35:36","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T18:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"tag:www.greenlaunches.com,2010:\/\/19.54485"},"modified":"2010-03-31T14:40:11","modified_gmt":"2010-03-31T18:40:11","slug":"microbelt-from-humdinger-uses-wind-energy-to-power-wireless-sensors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/494365","title":{"rendered":"microBelt from Humdinger uses wind energy to power wireless sensors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenlaunches.com\/microBelt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"microBelt.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greenlaunches.com\/microBelt-thumb-450x299.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;\"\/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\nAlthough the use of wind energy, which is cheaper than solar energy on a cost per watt basis, has doubled in recent years, it accounts for only 2% of global energy production. This is due to the high space requirement of turbines harnessing wind energy and when scaled down, they aren\u2019t as effective. The piezoelectric turbines developed to harness wind energy for small energy requirements are also ineffective at high wind velocities. However, Humdinger has recently developed the microBelt, which uses aerostatic flutter and vibration of a membrane instead of turbines to generate energy. The microBelt is capable of generating a power output of 2mW from winds flowing at, as little as, 3-5 m\/s. This device has a very effective application in the area of powering wireless sensors which are used to monitor temperature and structural integrity in buildings.<\/p>\n<p>According to company executives the cost of this device, when mass produced, could equal that of a single battery. This device can be used to power devices employed in areas where solar energy cannot be used, like HVAC ducts.<br \/>\n[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.energyharvestingjournal.com\/articles\/wind-energy-harvester-from-humdinger-00002146.asp?sessionid=1\">energyharvestingjournal<\/a>]    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although the use of wind energy, which is cheaper than solar energy on a cost per watt basis, has doubled in recent years, it accounts for only 2% of global energy production. This is due to the high space requirement of turbines harnessing wind energy and when scaled down, they aren\u2019t as effective. The piezoelectric [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-494365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494365\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}