scholarly journals Towards Continuous Sensor Operation: Modelling a Secured Smart Sensor in a Sparse Network Operated by Energy Harvesting

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Pieber ◽  
Benjamin Mößlang ◽  
Thomas Ulz ◽  
Christian Steger
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Smart Sensor ◽  
Sparse Network ◽  
Continuous Sensor

scholarly journals An Enhanced Multiplication of RF Energy Harvesting Efficiency Using Relay Resonator for Food Monitoring

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (9) ◽  
pp. 1963 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuan-Tu Cao ◽  
Wan-Young Chung
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Power Transmission ◽  
Near Field ◽  
Magnetic Coupling ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Transmission Efficiency ◽  
Smart Sensor ◽  
Rf Energy Harvesting ◽  
Sensor Module ◽  
Rf Energy

Recently, radio frequency (RF) energy harvesting (RFEH) has become a promising technology for a battery-less sensor module. The ambient RF radiation from the available sources is captured by receiver antennas and converted to electrical energy, which is used to supply smart sensor modules. In this paper, an enhanced method to improve the efficiency of the RFEH system using strongly coupled electromagnetic resonance technology was proposed. A relay resonator was added between the reader and tag antennas to improve the wireless power transmission efficiency to the sensor module. The design of the relay resonator was based on the resonant technique and near-field magnetic coupling concept to improve the communication distance and the power supply for a sensor module. It was designed such that the self-resonant frequencies of the reader antenna, tag antenna, and the relay resonator are synchronous at the HF frequency (13.56MHz). The proposed method was analyzed using Thevenin equivalent circuit, simulated and experimental validated to evaluate its performance. The experimental results showed that the proposed harvesting method is able to generate a great higher power up to 10 times than that provided by conventional harvesting methods without a relay resonator. Moreover, as an empirical feasibility test of the proposed RF energy harvesting device, a smart sensor module which is placed inside a meat box was developed. It was utilized to collect vital data, including temperature, relative humidity and gas concentration, to monitor the freshness of meat. Overall, by exploiting relay resonator, the proposed smart sensor tag could continuously monitor meat freshness without any batteries at the innovative maximum distance of approximately 50 cm.

Development of Smart/sensor and Energy Harvesting Devices based on the Material-functions of the Newly Developed Fe-rich Co Mmagnetostrictive Alloys

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 (0) ◽  
pp. J0440204
Author(s):  
Yasubumi FURUYA ◽  
Natsuko KIMURA ◽  
Takahisa YAMAMOTO ◽  
Takeshi KUBOTA ◽  
Masanori YOKOYAMA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Smart Sensor ◽  
Material Functions ◽  
Energy Harvesting Devices

Photovoltaic energy harvesting for smart sensor systems

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Kasemann ◽  
Karola Rühle ◽  
Karim M. Gad ◽  
Stefan W. Glunz
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Smart Sensor ◽  
Sensor Systems ◽  
Photovoltaic Energy

scholarly journals Pressure Measurement-Based Method for Battery-Free Food Monitoring Powered by NFC Energy Harvesting

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thanh-Binh Nguyen ◽  
Viet-Thang Tran ◽  
Wan-Young Chung
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Power Consumption ◽  
Pressure Sensor ◽  
Food Packaging ◽  
Free Food ◽  
Air Pressure ◽  
Smart Sensor ◽  
External Power Source ◽  
Food Monitoring ◽  
Food Freshness

AbstractA novel approach for battery-free food freshness monitoring is proposed and demonstrated in this study. The aim is to track the freshness of different sorts of food such as pork, chicken, and fish during storage. To eliminate the drawbacks of conventional food monitoring methods, which are normally based on measuring gas concentration emitted from food in a container, this approach measures the gradual increase in air pressure caused by the gas emission during storage. Additionally, we aim to design a smart sensor tag that can operate in fully passive mode without an external power source. To achieve this goal, near-field communication (NFC)-based energy harvesting is utilized in this work to achieve a self-powered operation of the sensor tag. To demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed method, experiments with the above-mentioned food were tested at room and refrigerated temperatures in 2 and 4 days, respectively. For each experiment, 200 g of the target food was placed in a 2-L container with the smart sensor tag. The experiments were conducted with both rigid and flexible containers to consider real food packaging environments. The air pressure inside the container was monitored as an indicator of food freshness by a sensitive pressure sensor on the smart sensor tag. The experimental results showed a remarkable increase in air pressure, which was able to be detected with high accuracy by the pressure sensor. The fabricated battery-free smart sensor tag is small (2.5 cm × 2.5 cm) and is capable of less than 1 mW of power consumption, which is ultra-low relative to other ordinary approaches that have a power consumption that normally surpasses 10 mW. The pressure value was used to classify food freshness into different levels on a mobile display to provide food freshness status using an NFC-enabled smartphone.

scholarly journals Design and Implementation of an IoT-Oriented Strain Smart Sensor with Exploratory Capabilities on Energy Harvesting and Magnetorheological Elastomer Transducers

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge de-J. Lozoya-Santos ◽  
L. C. Félix-Herrán ◽  
Juan C. Tudón-Martínez ◽  
Adriana Vargas-Martinez ◽  
Ricardo A. Ramirez-Mendoza
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Cantilever Beam ◽  
Smart Materials ◽  
Mechanical Strain ◽  
Piezoelectric Sensors ◽  
Processing Unit ◽  
Smart Sensor ◽  
Magnetorheological Elastomer ◽  
Central Processing

This work designed and implemented a new low-cost, Internet of Things-oriented, wireless smart sensor prototype to measure mechanical strain. The research effort explores the use of smart materials as transducers, e.g., a magnetorheological elastomer as an electrical-resistance sensor, and a cantilever beam with piezoelectric sensors to harvest energy from vibrations. The study includes subsequent and validated results with a magnetorheological elastomer transducer that contained multiwall carbon nanotubes with iron particles, generated voltage tests from an energy-harvesting system that functions with an array of piezoelectric sensors embedded in a rubber-based cantilever beam, wireless communication to send data from the sensor’s central processing unit towards a website that displays and stores the handled data, and an integrated manufactured prototype. Experiments showed that electrical-resistivity variation versus measured strain, and the voltage-generation capability from vibrations have the potential to be employed in smart sensors that could be integrated into commercial solutions to measure strain in automotive and aircraft systems, and civil structures. The reported experiments included cloud-computing capabilities towards a potential Internet of Things application of the smart sensor in the context of monitoring automotive-chassis vibrations and airfoil damage for further analysis and diagnostics, and in general structural-health-monitoring applications.

Analysis of magneto rheological elastomers for energy harvesting systems

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 439-446
Author(s):  
Gildas Diguet ◽  
Gael Sebald ◽  
Masami Nakano ◽  
Mickaël Lallart ◽  
Jean-Yves Cavaillé
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Shear Strain ◽  
Magnetic Induction ◽  
Magnetic Particles ◽  
Homogeneous Magnetic Field ◽  
Electrical Signal ◽  
Harvesting Systems ◽  
Dc Bias ◽  
Magneto Rheological

Magneto Rheological Elastomers (MREs) are composite materials based on an elastomer filled by magnetic particles. Anisotropic MRE can be easily manufactured by curing the material under homogeneous magnetic field which creates column of particles. The magnetic and elastic properties are actually coupled making these MREs suitable for energy conversion. From these remarkable properties, an energy harvesting device is considered through the application of a DC bias magnetic induction on two MREs as a metal piece is applying an AC shear strain on them. Such strain therefore changes the permeabilities of the elastomers, hence generating an AC magnetic induction which can be converted into AC electrical signal with the help of a coil. The device is simulated with a Finite Element Method software to examine the effect of the MRE parameters, the DC bias magnetic induction and applied shear strain (amplitude and frequency) on the resulting electrical signal.

Simply supported FPEDs connected by springs for broadband energy harvesting

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 201-210
Author(s):  
Yoshikazu Tanaka ◽  
Satoru Odake ◽  
Jun Miyake ◽  
Hidemi Mutsuda ◽  
Atanas A. Popov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Evaluation Method ◽  
Energy Harvester ◽  
Vibrational Energy ◽  
Functional Materials ◽  
Vibration Energy ◽  
Theoretical Evaluation ◽  
Vibration Energy Harvester ◽  
Polyvinylidene Difluoride ◽  
Simply Supported

Energy harvesting methods that use functional materials have attracted interest because they can take advantage of an abundant but underutilized energy source. Most vibration energy harvester designs operate most effectively around their resonant frequency. However, in practice, the frequency band for ambient vibrational energy is typically broad. The development of technologies for broadband energy harvesting is therefore desirable. The authors previously proposed an energy harvester, called a flexible piezoelectric device (FPED), that consists of a piezoelectric film (polyvinylidene difluoride) and a soft material, such as silicon rubber or polyethylene terephthalate. The authors also proposed a system based on FPEDs for broadband energy harvesting. The system consisted of cantilevered FPEDs, with each FPED connected via a spring. Simply supported FPEDs also have potential for broadband energy harvesting, and here, a theoretical evaluation method is proposed for such a system. Experiments are conducted to validate the derived model.

Energy Harvesting Using Piezoelectric Materials on Microcantilevr Structure

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 252-255
Author(s):  
Rudresha K J Rudresha K J ◽  
◽  
Girisha G K Girisha G K
Keyword(s):  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Piezoelectric Materials
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