Open AccessP1.2 - Environmental Conditions-based Analysis of Energy Harvesting Systems for Wireless Sensor Networks
Author(s) -
Sebastian Kempf,
Frank Schäfer
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
proceedings sensor 2013
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.5162/sensor2013/p1.2
Subject(s) - wireless sensor network , energy harvesting , computer science , wireless , energy (signal processing) , computer network , telecommunications , physics , quantum mechanics
The increasing efficiency of ultra-low-power electronic components and the growing market of energy harvesters have together led to an increasing number of self-sufficient energy harvesting applications in a wide array of fields. The goal of this work is the development of a methodology for determining the amount of ambient and harvestable energy available in various environments. The developed methodology can be used to help facilitate the design of energy autarkic systems utilizing energy harvesting techniques. This paper describes the methodology and an example application, which takes the form of an energy autarkic wireless sensor network applied in a typical office environment