ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF HARVESTING ENERGY

摘要

According to embodiments of the present invention, an energy harvesting device is provided. The energy harvesting device includes a microchannel arranged to receive a fluid, a bluff body arranged to interact with the fluid flowing through the microchannel to generate a vortex fluid street, and an energy harvesting element arranged to interact with the vortex fluid street to harvest energy from the fluid. According to further embodiments of the present invention, a method of harvesting energy is also provided.