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Survey of Energy Harvesting Technologies for Wireless Sensor Networks
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Matheus Torquato ,
Ian Cameron,
Ashraf Fahmy Abdo ,
Johann Sienz
IEEE Access, Volume: 9, Pages: 77493 - 77510
Swansea University Authors:
Alex Williams , Matheus Torquato , Ian Cameron, Ashraf Fahmy Abdo , Johann Sienz
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DOI (Published version): 10.1109/access.2021.3083697
Abstract
Energy harvesting (EH) technologies could lead to self-sustaining wireless sensor networks (WSNs) which are set to be a key technology in Industry 4.0. There are numerous methods for small-scale EH but these methods differ greatly in their environmental applicability, energy conversion characteristi...
| Published in: | IEEE Access |
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| ISSN: | 2169-3536 |
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
2021
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Energy harvesting (EH) technologies could lead to self-sustaining wireless sensor networks (WSNs) which are set to be a key technology in Industry 4.0. There are numerous methods for small-scale EH but these methods differ greatly in their environmental applicability, energy conversion characteristics, and physical form which makes choosing a suitable EH method for a particular WSN application challenging due to the specific application-dependency. Furthermore, the choice of EH technology is intrinsically linked to non-trivial decisions on energy storage technologies and combinatorial architectures for a given WSN application. In this paper we survey the current state of EH technology for small-scale WSNs in terms of EH methods, energy storage technologies, and EH system architectures for combining methods and storage including multi-source and multi-storage architectures, as well as highlighting a number of other optimisation considerations. This work is intended to provide an introduction to EH technologies in terms of their general working principle, application potential, and other implementation considerations with the aim of accelerating the development of sustainable WSN applications in industry. |
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Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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