Simulation tool for virtual estimation of harvested thermoelectric energy supplying wireless sensor nodes

Author

Dziurdzia, Piotr

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., AGH,Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Cracow, Poland

Volume

1

fYear

2010

fDate

3-5 Oct. 2010

Abstract

The paper deals with a software tool based on electronic circuit simulator SPICE for computer analysis of electrothermal processes during thermal energy harvesting. In the work compact models of a thermoelectric generator (TEG) and a wireless sensor node (WSN) are shown. They both constitute a virtual environment for estimation and predicting of available electrical power that can be harvested from waste heat energy sources and next used to powering WSN and pervasive computing devices.

Keywords

SPICE; digital simulation; energy harvesting; power engineering computing; thermoelectric power; ubiquitous computing; wireless sensor networks; SPICE; computer analysis; electrical power prediction; electronic circuit simulator; electrothermal process; harvested thermoelectric energy; pervasive computing devices; simulation tool; software tool; thermal energy harvesting; thermoelectric generator; virtual environment; virtual estimation; wireless sensor nodes; Heat sinks; Integrated circuit modeling; Resistance; SPICE; Temperature sensors; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; electrothermal simulations; energy harvesting; pervasive computing; wireless sensor network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Technology and Engineering (ICSTE), 2010 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Juan, PR

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8667-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-8666-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSTE.2010.5608872

Filename

5608872