Title :
Infrastructure monitoring smart wireless sensor network with solar energy harvesting
Author_Institution :
Comput. Sci. Dept., Imam Univ., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Abstract :
Design considerations for an embedded wireless sensor network (WSN) for monitoring civil infrastructure are presented. Nodes capable of local signal processing mitigate the volume of data for wireless transmission. Dual battery and harvested solar power sources provide the energy for the added computation. A low-drop-out-regulator (LDO) recharger with high-temperature cutoff is key to the system being maintenance free over its expected two year lifetime in a hot desert climate.
Keywords :
condition monitoring; energy harvesting; intelligent sensors; solar power; wireless sensor networks; WSN; infrastructure monitoring; low-drop-out-regulator recharger; signal processing; smart wireless sensor network; solar energy harvesting; Analog integrated circuits; Batteries; Computerized monitoring; Data communication; Digital integrated circuits; Intelligent sensors; Pipelines; Relays; Solar energy; Wireless sensor networks; LDO; battery recharger; energy harvesting; infrastructure monitoring; solar power; wireless sensor network;
Conference_Titel :
Design and Test Workshop (IDT), 2009 4th International
Conference_Location :
Riyadh
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5748-9
DOI :
10.1109/IDT.2009.5404082
