Imt 35-2023 Bachelor or Master Thesis: Feasibility - Karlsruhe, Deutschland - Springer Nature

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IMT Bachelor or Master Thesis:
Feasibility study of thermal energy harvesting using the O
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Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
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Karlsruhe
Closing date 6 Apr 2024
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Physics
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PhD
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Smart materials exhibit multifunctional properties, notably energy conversion capabilities.

Within the Smart Materials and Devices (SMD) research group, we leverage these attributes in the development of new energy harvesting systems.

By exploiting the pyroelectric effect, exhibited in ferroelectric materials, thermal energy can be directly converted to electrical energy.

While passively exploiting the pyroelectric effect may not result in substantial power output, an improved approach can be achieved by incorporating the so-called Olsen cycle.

Temperature and electric field are varied cyclically to convert thermal energy into electrical energy. By doing the Olsen cycle at the Curie temperature of a ferroelectric, substantial power output can be achieved.

The goal of this work is it to gather basic experimental data on the Olsen cycle and to build a Simulink model that enables the simulation of the Olsen cycle.

This model is then to be incorporated into our existing Energy Harvester model. Based on the completed model, you will design a demonstrator Energy Harvesting device. With your supervisors help, the demonstrator is to be build and evaluated on our test bench.

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Thorough literature research
Basic experiments on the Olsen cycle
Modeling of the Olsen cycle and later incorporation into our Energy Harvester model
Designing and experimental evaluation of a demonstration device
Assessment of the results
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