Platform for the design of energy autonomous systems

Author

Keutel, Th ; Kazi, S. ; Zhao, X. ; Kanoun, O.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Meas. & Sensor Technol., Chemnitz Univ. of Technol., Chemnitz

fYear

2009

fDate

23-26 March 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Investigation of components and their interaction in operation is especially important for the design of systems using ambient energy. The limited energy harvester´s efficiency, the strong fluctuating behaviour of the ambient energy sources as well as the limited storage unit´s capacities command the actual performance of such systems. In order to design energy autonomous systems an automated test platform has been developed, to characterise energy harvesting systems at component and system level. Different energy harvester and system components have been investigated and their interaction with each other has been evaluated. Using the developed test platform, the efficiency of energy conversion and energy management can be investigated thoroughly.

Keywords

automatic testing; energy harvesting; ambient energy sources; automated test platform; energy autonomous systems; energy conversion; energy harvester; energy management; Actuators; Automatic control; Automatic testing; Batteries; Circuit testing; Data acquisition; Energy management; Sensor systems; Signal design; System testing; Automatic Characterisation; Energy Harvesting; System Design;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Signals and Devices, 2009. SSD '09. 6th International Multi-Conference on

Conference_Location

Djerba

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4345-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4346-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SSD.2009.4956818

Filename

4956818