4.3 - WAYNERGY VEHICLES – Electric Energy Generation System Using the Movement of Vehicles

Project Description

Development and implementation of a new energy harvesting system for implementation on road pavements that converts vehicles’ kinetic energy into electricity.

Research Team
  • Adelino Ferreira
  • Francisco Duarte
Financial Support
  • Total funding: €504.339,99. Project co-financed by QREN - "Programa Mais Centro" and European Union - "Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional". Ref: CENTRO-07-0202-FEDER-024580
Stage of Progress
  • Concluded
Journals
  • Duarte F, Casimiro F, Correia D, Mendes R and Ferreira A. (2013) Waynergy People: a new pavement energy harvest system. Municipal Engineer (ISI Journal), Institution of Civil Engineers, 166 (4), 250-256. 
  • Ferreira A (2012) Briefing: Recent developments in pavement energy harvest systems. Municipal Engineer (ISI Journal), Institution of Civil Engineers, 165 (4), 189-192.
Conferences
  • Duarte F, Ferreira A and Fael P (2016) Software for simulation of vehicle-road interaction. In: Proceedings of the 4th World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, CD Ed, pp. 1-10, Recife, Brasil. New Advances in Information Systems and Technologies, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, Vol. 444, pp. 681-690.
  • Duarte F and Ferreira A (2015) Energy harvesting on road pavements. In: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Advances in Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering - ACSEE 2015, CD Ed., paper ACSEE-15-535, Zurich, Switzerland, pp. 126-130.
  • Duarte F, Ferreira A and Champalimaud J (2015) Waynergy Vehicles: a road pavement energy harvest system application. In: Proceedings of the conference Energy for Sustainability 2015 - Sustainable Cities: Designing for People and the Planet, CD Ed., ID25, Coimbra, Portugal, pp. 1-5.
  •  Duarte F, Champalimaud J and Ferreira A (2014) Waynergy Vehicles: an innovative pavement energy harvest system. In: Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress on Energy Efficiency and Energy Related Materials, CD Ed., Oludeniz, Turkey, pp. 343-348.
  • Duarte F, Champalimaud J and Ferreira A (2014) Waynergy Vehicles: a novel pavement energy harvest system. In: 2.º Congresso para a Ciência e Desenvolvimento dos Açores, CD Ed., Terceira, Açores, Portugal., pp. 1-15.
  • Duarte F, Casimiro F, Correia D, Mendes R and Ferreira A (2013) A new pavement energy harvest system. In: Proceedings of the International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference, CD Ed., irsec13_paper_37.pdf, Ouarzazate, Morocco, pp. 1-6.