Energy Harvesting - Heated Hockey Blade Will Donahue ECE 498 October 15, 2015
Goals Decreased Friction Lightweight Relatively Low Cost – >>200
Initial Design Recharging Mechanism – 30 Neodymium Magnets 1 mm x 10 mm – Plastic Tubing Diameter 11 mm Length 60 mm – Coil Length 50 mm 1300 turns of #28 AWG magnet wire – Voltage 7.4 V
Initial Design Skate – Size 9 – Lightspeed Pro Tuuk – 280 mm Long Blade Heating Strip – 41°F – 200 mm Long Battery – 7.4V Lithium Ion Rechargeable
The Skate
Testing
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