Conclusions

At the conclusion of this project, a prototype has been built that can house the nanoporous wafer and electrical harvesting equipment.

Electrical Production is currently only possible under lab conditions with this type of nanofluid harvesting due to a couple of key issues.

• The wafer pores are easily clogged by debris.
• The thin wafer breaks easily at applicable pressures

An advanced filtration method would prevent buildup on the wafer, however both problems could be addressed by altering the nanoporous material to be in a shape that isn’t a wafer. With these problems addresses, it is feasible for small electrical devices to be powered by harvesting the energy from flowing fluid in niche applications.