Autonomous wireless link powered with harvested heat energy

Author

Dziurdzia, Piotr ; Stepien, Jacek

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2011

fDate

7-9 Nov. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In the paper a case study of prototype wireless sensor nodes (WSN) constituting an autonomous wireless link based on ZigBee transceivers and supplied with thermoelectric generators (TEG) harvesting waste industrial heat is presented. Depending on the available power, different working scenarios of the coupled TEG and WSN are considered. Simulation data concerning estimated available electrical power as well as measurements carried out by means of a laboratory stand imitating a central heating system are presented. Design process of autonomous WSN leading to optimization of energy consumption from hardware and software sides is described.

Keywords

Zigbee; energy harvesting; radio links; thermoelectric conversion; wireless sensor networks; ZigBee transceivers; autonomous wireless link; central heating system; electrical power; energy consumption optimization; heat energy harvesting; laboratory stand; prototype wireless sensor nodes; thermoelectric generators; waste industrial heat harvesting; Energy harvesting; Resistance heating; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Energy harvesting; Peltier module; thermoelectric generator; wireless sensor network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwaves, Communications, Antennas and Electronics Systems (COMCAS), 2011 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tel Aviv

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1692-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COMCAS.2011.6105890

Filename

6105890