Simulation and hardware implementation of solar energy harvester for wireless sensor networks

Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) has emerged as a promising technology that can enable many applications such as environmental monitoring, military applications, health care monitoring, security monitoring and others. Typically, wireless sensor motes are operated using small batteries because of their...

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Main Authors: Hong, T.N.I., Drieberg, M., Singh, B.S.M.
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2014
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spelling my.utp.eprints.312792022-03-25T09:05:06Z Simulation and hardware implementation of solar energy harvester for wireless sensor networks Hong, T.N.I. Drieberg, M. Singh, B.S.M. Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) has emerged as a promising technology that can enable many applications such as environmental monitoring, military applications, health care monitoring, security monitoring and others. Typically, wireless sensor motes are operated using small batteries because of their size limitation. However, batteries have limited energy capacity which will be depleted eventually. A promising solution to this problem is to harvest the energy from the environment such as light, vibrations and heat. However, to maximize efficiency from poorly regulated sources such as solar panels, maximum power point tracking (MPPT) technique is required. In this paper, a simple and low cost solar energy harvester based on a chosen simple input voltage regulation loop has been simulated, followed by its hardware implementation. Results from the simulation was compared and verified through the hardware implementation. These results have shown that the incorporation of PV based solar electricity generation system have a very promising potential to enable the WSN's continuous operation. © 2014 IEEE. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2014 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84949924938&doi=10.1109%2fSPC.2014.7086235&partnerID=40&md5=d45952172ccab1f11e22fb3499339f25 Hong, T.N.I. and Drieberg, M. and Singh, B.S.M. (2014) Simulation and hardware implementation of solar energy harvester for wireless sensor networks. In: UNSPECIFIED. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/31279/
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description Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) has emerged as a promising technology that can enable many applications such as environmental monitoring, military applications, health care monitoring, security monitoring and others. Typically, wireless sensor motes are operated using small batteries because of their size limitation. However, batteries have limited energy capacity which will be depleted eventually. A promising solution to this problem is to harvest the energy from the environment such as light, vibrations and heat. However, to maximize efficiency from poorly regulated sources such as solar panels, maximum power point tracking (MPPT) technique is required. In this paper, a simple and low cost solar energy harvester based on a chosen simple input voltage regulation loop has been simulated, followed by its hardware implementation. Results from the simulation was compared and verified through the hardware implementation. These results have shown that the incorporation of PV based solar electricity generation system have a very promising potential to enable the WSN's continuous operation. © 2014 IEEE.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Hong, T.N.I.
Drieberg, M.
Singh, B.S.M.
spellingShingle Hong, T.N.I.
Drieberg, M.
Singh, B.S.M.
Simulation and hardware implementation of solar energy harvester for wireless sensor networks
author_facet Hong, T.N.I.
Drieberg, M.
Singh, B.S.M.
author_sort Hong, T.N.I.
title Simulation and hardware implementation of solar energy harvester for wireless sensor networks
title_short Simulation and hardware implementation of solar energy harvester for wireless sensor networks
title_full Simulation and hardware implementation of solar energy harvester for wireless sensor networks
title_fullStr Simulation and hardware implementation of solar energy harvester for wireless sensor networks
title_full_unstemmed Simulation and hardware implementation of solar energy harvester for wireless sensor networks
title_sort simulation and hardware implementation of solar energy harvester for wireless sensor networks
publisher Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
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