Analysis of energy harvesters for powering a wireless sensor node device

Author

Jambek, Asral Bahari ; Choo Pey See ; Hashim, U.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Microelectron. Eng., Univ. Malaysia Perlis, Pauh Putra, Malaysia

fYear

2012

fDate

19-21 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

769

Lastpage

773

Abstract

This study analyses energy harvesters used to power a wireless sensor node. The sensor node measures the ambient temperature and transmits the data to a coordinator. Three main energy sources are investigated: solar, radio frequency and thermal. The energy produced by these devices is investigated under various environmental conditions to ensure that it can reliably supply the required amount of power to the wireless sensor node. The results show that these energy sources can provide power to the wireless sensor node at different transmission rates with an average power of 0.16 W during each data transmission.

Keywords

energy harvesting; solar power; temperature measurement; thermal power stations; ambient temperature measurement; data transmission; energy harvesters; radio frequency energy sources; solar energy sources; thermal energy sources; wireless sensor node device; Batteries; Radio frequency; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Voltage measurement; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; energy harvester; radio frequency; solar; thermal energy; ultra-low power; wireless sensor node;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Semiconductor Electronics (ICSE), 2012 10th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kuala Lumpur

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2395-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-2394-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SMElec.2012.6417257

Filename

6417257