Yildirim, EnderYıldırım, EnderKulah, HalukMakine Mühendisliği2017-06-092017-06-092012Yıldırım, E., Külah, H. (2012). Electrostatic energy harvesting by droplet-based multi-phase microfluidics. Microfluidics And Nanofluidics, 13(1), 107-111. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10404-012-0946-21613-49821613-4990https://doi.org/10.1007/s10404-012-0946-2Kulah, Haluk/0000-0003-1331-4474; Yildirim, Ender/0000-0002-7969-2243This paper presents an energy scavenging technique, merging microfluidics with electrostatic energy harvesting. The method employs droplet-based microflow of two phases with different electrical permittivities, resulting in a capacitance change across the microchannel, to harvest electrical energy. The technique is implemented on 3 mm wide, 1 mm deep minichannels. It is shown that 0.4 nW can be harvested using a single electrode pair, with air and water as the two phases flowing at 1 ml/min. The generated power can be increased significantly by microscale implementation, where the number of electrodes can also be increased for further improvement.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessEnergy HarvestingDropletDroplet-Based MicrofluidicsElectrostaticCapacitiveArticle13110711110.1007/s10404-012-0946-22-s2.0-84863459287WOS:000305889000012Q2Q2