Battery-less environment sensor using thermoelectric energy harvesting from soil-ambient air temperature differences
Abstract: Energy harvesting is an effective technique for prolonging the lifetime of Internet of Things devices and Wireless Sensor Networks. In applications such as environmental sensing, which demands a deploy-and-forget architecture, energy harvesting is an unavoidable technology. Thermal energy...
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ftunivantwerpen:c:irua:190176 2023-10-01T03:56:57+02:00 Battery-less environment sensor using thermoelectric energy harvesting from soil-ambient air temperature differences Pappinisseri Puluckul, Priyesh Weyn, Maarten Puluckul, Priyesh Pappinisseri 2022 https://hdl.handle.net/10067/1901760151162165141 https://repository.uantwerpen.be/docstore/d:irua:13918 eng eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3390/S22134737 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/isi/000825678400001 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess 1424-8220 Sensors Physics Chemistry Engineering sciences. Technology info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2022 ftunivantwerpen https://doi.org/10.3390/S22134737 2023-09-06T22:24:44Z Abstract: Energy harvesting is an effective technique for prolonging the lifetime of Internet of Things devices and Wireless Sensor Networks. In applications such as environmental sensing, which demands a deploy-and-forget architecture, energy harvesting is an unavoidable technology. Thermal energy is one of the most widely used sources for energy harvesting. A thermal energy harvester can convert a thermal gradient into electrical energy. Thus, the temperature difference between the soil and air could act as a vital source of energy for an environmental sensing device. In this paper, we present a proof-of-concept design of an environmental sensing node that harvests energy from soil temperature and uses the DASH7 communication protocol for connectivity. We evaluate the soil temperature and air temperature based on the data collected from two locations: one in Belgium and the other in Iceland. Using these datasets, we calculate the amount of energy that is producible from both of these sites. We further design power management and monitoring circuit and use a supercapacitor as the energy storage element, hence making it battery-less. Finally, we deploy the proof-of-concept prototype in the field and evaluate its performance. We demonstrate that the system can harvest, on average, 178.74 mJ and is enough to perform at least 5 DASH7 transmissions and 100 sensing tasks per day. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland IRUA - Institutional Repository van de Universiteit Antwerpen Sensors 22 13 4737 |
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Abstract: Energy harvesting is an effective technique for prolonging the lifetime of Internet of Things devices and Wireless Sensor Networks. In applications such as environmental sensing, which demands a deploy-and-forget architecture, energy harvesting is an unavoidable technology. Thermal energy is one of the most widely used sources for energy harvesting. A thermal energy harvester can convert a thermal gradient into electrical energy. Thus, the temperature difference between the soil and air could act as a vital source of energy for an environmental sensing device. In this paper, we present a proof-of-concept design of an environmental sensing node that harvests energy from soil temperature and uses the DASH7 communication protocol for connectivity. We evaluate the soil temperature and air temperature based on the data collected from two locations: one in Belgium and the other in Iceland. Using these datasets, we calculate the amount of energy that is producible from both of these sites. We further design power management and monitoring circuit and use a supercapacitor as the energy storage element, hence making it battery-less. Finally, we deploy the proof-of-concept prototype in the field and evaluate its performance. We demonstrate that the system can harvest, on average, 178.74 mJ and is enough to perform at least 5 DASH7 transmissions and 100 sensing tasks per day. |
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Battery-less environment sensor using thermoelectric energy harvesting from soil-ambient air temperature differences |
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Battery-less environment sensor using thermoelectric energy harvesting from soil-ambient air temperature differences |
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