Open AccessEnergy Harvesting Methods in Aviation
Author(s) -
Martin Schrötter,
Róbert Bréda,
Peter Káľavský,
Olena Kozhokhina
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
acta avionica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1339-9853
pISSN - 1335-9479
DOI - 10.35116/aa.2021.0008
Subject(s) - energy harvesting , clamping , energy (signal processing) , reliability (semiconductor) , aviation , wireless , electrical engineering , power (physics) , computer science , voltage , task (project management) , automotive engineering , signal (programming language) , engineering , telecommunications , aerospace engineering , systems engineering , mechanical engineering , statistics , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , programming language
Each modern aircraft use a large number of sensors, which task is to sense various operating parameters. These are subsequently sent to the appropriate computer to processes them. Because the sensors are very often located in remote parts of the aircraft, their power and signal wires have to be quite long. Moreover, the large number of wires and conductors complicates the design of the aircraft, especially their placement and clamping in non-pressurized parts and near fuel tanks. For these reasons, it is more convenient to use sensors with own power supply and which use a wireless communication with a computer. Today, most of remotely located sensors use electrochemical voltage sources, however these have environmental and reliability issues. The solution is to use sensors that generate their own energy. This article points out the possibility of using on-board sensors with energy harvesting technology.