Self-Powered Height Sensor With ZigBee Networks for Intelligent Systems

2018 ◽  
pp. 410-441
Author(s):  
Mochen Li ◽  
H. Henry Zhang ◽  
Li Tan ◽  
Wangling Yu
Keyword(s):  
Intelligent Systems ◽  
Industrial Applications ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Sensor Technology ◽  
Wireless Sensor Node ◽  
Rf Transceiver ◽  
Micro Electro Mechanical Systems ◽  
Framework Design ◽  
Processing Module ◽  
Self Powered

With the development of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), wireless communication technology, and embedded systems, wireless sensor network (WSN) has been a focus for research among various fields. Wireless sensor technology inspires many innovations for industrial applications and medical robots, and breaks many limitations and inconvenience for such sensing devices. A self-powered height sensing system with ZigBee technology is presented. It specifically targets to replace an original wired system with an integrated wireless sensor that is comprised of all necessary parts: sensing module, processing module, RF transceiver, and power supply. First, the authors present the system framework design including the layout of a wireless sensor node based on ZigBee. Second, with the vibration environment, a self-powered generator was developed through the comparison between piezoelectric and electromagnetic generation. Then several experiments are conducted to test and analyze the feasibility of the whole system. Finally, a future upgraded design is proposed to improve system performance.

Self-Powered Wireless Sensor Node Enabled by a Duck-Shaped Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Harvesting Water Wave Energy

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 1601705 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdelsalam Ahmed ◽  
Zia Saadatnia ◽  
Islam Hassan ◽  
Yunlong Zi ◽  
Yi Xi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wave Energy ◽  
Water Wave ◽  
Sensor Node ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Triboelectric Nanogenerator ◽  
Wireless Sensor Node ◽  
Self Powered

scholarly journals Self-Powered Devices: Self-Powered Wireless Sensor Node Enabled by an Aerosol-Deposited PZT Flexible Energy Harvester (Adv. Energy Mater. 13/2016)

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (13) ◽  
Author(s):  
Geon-Tae Hwang ◽  
Venkateswarlu Annapureddy ◽  
Jae Hyun Han ◽  
Daniel J. Joe ◽  
Changyeon Baek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sensor Node ◽  
Energy Harvester ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Wireless Sensor Node ◽  
Self Powered ◽  
Energy Mater

scholarly journals Impedance Analysis and Optimization of Self-Powered Interface Circuit for Wireless Sensor Nodes Application

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Yuan Dong ◽  
Dezhi Li ◽  
Benjamin Ducharne ◽  
Xiaohui Wang ◽  
Jun Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Power Management ◽  
The Self ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Energy Extraction ◽  
Wireless Sensor Node ◽  
Interface Circuit ◽  
Environment Temperature ◽  
Self Powered

Energy harvesting for self-powered wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is increasingly needed. In this paper, a self-powered WSN node scenario is proposed and realized by coupling the electric charge extraction interface circuit, power management module, and wireless communication module. Firstly, the output power of an optimized self-powered energy extraction circuit is compared with different energy extraction circuits under various loads and excitation amplitudes theoretically. Then, an energy-harvesting setup is established to validate the load-carrying capacity and working condition of the self-powered optimized synchronized switch harvesting on inductor (SP-OSSHI) circuit. It gives guidance to select and estimate the appropriate energy-consuming level for the sensor and modules. Finally, by connecting the energy-harvesting system, power management element, and sensing part together, a self-powered wireless sensor node is accomplished. Under 18 Hz resonant excitation, the whole self-powered system transmits 32 bytes of data every 30 seconds including the acceleration and environment temperature. This prototype strongly proves the feasibility of the self-powered WSN node. These research results have potential to be used in different application fields.

Self-Powered Wireless Sensor Node Enabled by an Aerosol-Deposited PZT Flexible Energy Harvester

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (13) ◽  
pp. 1600237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geon-Tae Hwang ◽  
Venkateswarlu Annapureddy ◽  
Jae Hyun Han ◽  
Daniel J. Joe ◽  
Changyeon Baek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sensor Node ◽  
Energy Harvester ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Wireless Sensor Node ◽  
Self Powered

scholarly journals Self-Powered Autonomous Wireless Sensor Node by Using Silicon-Based 3D Thermoelectric Energy Generator for Environmental Monitoring Application

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jong-Pil Im ◽  
Jeong Kim ◽  
Jae Lee ◽  
Ji Woo ◽  
Sol Im ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sensor Node ◽  
Humidity Sensor ◽  
Cold Start ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Wireless Sensor Node ◽  
Thermoelectric Energy ◽  
Temperature And Humidity ◽  
Rf Module ◽  
Self Powered

In this paper, we present the results of a preliminary study on the self-powered autonomous wireless sensor node by using thermoelectric energy generator based on Silicon (Si) thermoelectric legs, energy management integrated circuit (EMIC), Radio Frequency (RF) module with a temperature and humidity sensor, etc. A novel thermoelectric module structure is designed as an energy generator module, which consists of 127 pairs of Silicon legs and this module is fabricated and tested to demonstrate the feasibility of generating electrical power under the temperature gradient of 70K. EMIC has three key features besides high efficiency, which are maximum power point tracking (MPPT), cold start, and complete self-power operation. EMIC achieved a cold start voltage of 200 mV, peak efficiency of 78.7%, MPPT efficiency 99.4%, and an output power of 34 mW through only the Thermoelectric Generator (TEG) source. To assess the capability of the device as a small scale power source for internet of things (IoT) service, we also tested energy conversion and storage experiments. Finally, the proposed sensor node system which can transmit and monitor the information from the temperature and humidity sensor through the RF module in real time demonstrates the feasibility for variable applications.

scholarly journals Development of an Energy-Aware Algorithm for Low Power Wireless Sensor Node Powered by Dual Energy Harvesting Sources

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S6) ◽  
pp. 797-802
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Power Consumption ◽  
Sensor Node ◽  
Dual Energy ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Wireless Sensor Node ◽  
Energy Aware ◽  
Management Algorithm ◽  
Event Trigger ◽  
Self Powered

A novel self-powered wireless sensor node is proposed and prototyped to overcome the ambient energy lacking in the dual energy harvesting sources by including a secondary energy storage. Moreover, an energy-aware Event-Priority-Driven Dissemination (EPDD) management algorithm has been developed and implemented to control the WSN integrity and reducing the sensor node power consumption as well. EPDD was developed to manage the sensor node operation and to make the sink station able to detect a missing wireless node within the network, which will guarantee the nodes integrity detection. The evaluations revealed that the EPDD shows a good performance in reducing the node power consumption compared to the data push algorithm, whereby, EPDD node was operating 4 hours more than the data push node on the same power source. Regarding the WSN integrity, the EPDD algorithm outpaced the event trigger algorithm, whereby, the EPDD was easily able to detect a node down within the WSN at the contrary of the event trigger.

scholarly journals A Novel Self-Powered Wireless Sensor Node Based on Energy Harvesting for Mechanical Vibration Monitoring

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xihai Zhang ◽  
Junlong Fang ◽  
Fanfeng Meng ◽  
Xiaoli Wei
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Sensor Node ◽  
Mechanical Vibration ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
Vibration Monitoring ◽  
Ambient Vibration ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Wireless Sensor Node ◽  
Vibration Energy Harvesting ◽  
Self Powered

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have been expected to improve the capability of capturing mechanical vibration dynamic behaviors and evaluating the current health status of equipment. While the expectation for mechanical vibration monitoring using WSNs has been high, one of the key limitations is the limited lifetime of batteries for sensor node. The energy harvesting technologies have been recently proposed. One of them shares the same main idea, that is, energy harvesting from ambient vibration can be converted into electric power. Employing the vibration energy harvesting, a novel self-powered wireless sensor node has been developed to measure mechanical vibration in this paper. The overall architecture of node is proposed. The wireless sensor node is described into four main components: the energy harvesting unit, the microprocessor unit, the radio transceiver unit, and accelerometer. Moreover, the software used to control the operation of wireless node is also suggested. At last, in order to achieve continuous self-powered for nodes, two operation modes including the charging mode and discharging mode are proposed. This design can effectively solve the problem of continuous supply power of sensor node for mechanical vibration monitoring.

Status in the development of self-powered wireless sensor node for structural health monitoring and prognosis

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valery F. Godinez-Azcuaga ◽  
Justin Farmer ◽  
Paul H. Ziehl ◽  
Victor Giurgiutiu ◽  
Antonio Nanni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Sensor Node ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Wireless Sensor Node ◽  
Structural Health ◽  
Self Powered
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