Event-driven wireless temperature sensor networks powered by air-flow based nanogenerator

We have reported a prototype of wireless sensor node with ultra-low power consumption which has promising application on the temperature monitoring in central air conditioning system. Air-flow driven nanogenerators are utilized to harvest electric energy directly from the wind tunnel in a building....

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Published in2017 IEEE 12th International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems (NEMS) pp. 410 - 413
Main Authors Yushen Hu, Zhuoteng Peng, Ziyu Huang, Yingchun Wu, Mingjiang Wang, Xinxin Li, Fei Wang
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.04.2017
Subjects
air flow
Energy harvesting
Monitoring
Nanogenerator
Power demand
power management
Radio transmitters
Temperature sensors
ultra-low power application
Wireless communication
wireless sensor network
Wireless sensor networks
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Summary:We have reported a prototype of wireless sensor node with ultra-low power consumption which has promising application on the temperature monitoring in central air conditioning system. Air-flow driven nanogenerators are utilized to harvest electric energy directly from the wind tunnel in a building. Using a microcontroller unit with event-driven strategy, the wireless sensor nodes can send out a temperature signal every 14 seconds at a flow rate of about 18 m/s. With a Raspberry Pi, the wireless signal can be received and delivered to the internet and therefore, can be monitored easily from any portable terminal with internet-access.
ISSN:2474-3755
DOI:10.1109/NEMS.2017.8017053