Hybrid power system for Truck Recognition System

Author

Pekoslawski, Bartosz ; Pietrzak, Piotr ; Andrzejczak, Artur ; Leczycki, Pawel ; Topilko, Jedrzej ; Napieralski, Andrzej

Author_Institution

Dept. of Microelectron. & Comput. Sci., Lodz Univ. of Technol., Lodz, Poland

fYear

2014

fDate

19-21 June 2014

Firstpage

401

Lastpage

404

Abstract

The paper describes structure and operation principles of power supply system used for Truck Recognition System, which is a part of an advanced SHM installation on an iron-concrete bridge. The authors propose the application of their Energy Harvesting Controller cooperating with both solar cells and a wind generator. The controller enables efficient energy harvesting from both power sources as well as monitoring of generated and consumed power levels. Apart from prototype system description, results of its initial field tests are presented in the paper.

Keywords

bridges (structures); concrete; condition monitoring; energy harvesting; hybrid power systems; road vehicles; solar cells; structural engineering; wind power; SHM installation; energy harvesting controller; hybrid power supply system; iron-concrete bridge; solar cell; structural health monitoring installation; truck recognition system; wind generator; Batteries; Bridge circuits; Energy harvesting; Generators; Microcontrollers; Monitoring; Wind; DC/DC converter; SHM; energy harvesting; low power; monitoring; photovoltaic; power supply; solar cell; wind generator;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits & Systems (MIXDES), 2014 Proceedings of the 21st International Conference

Conference_Location

Lublin

Print_ISBN

978-83-63578-03-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MIXDES.2014.6872228

Filename

6872228