Autonomous Wireless Sensor Node with Thermal Energy Harvesting for Temperature Monitoring of Industrial Devices

Authors

  • Liqun Hou North China Electric Power University
  • Shudong Tan North China Electric Power University
  • Lei Yang North China Electric Power University
  • Zhijuan Zhang North China Electric Power University
  • Neil Bergmann The University of Queensland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v13i04.6802

Keywords:

wireless sensor networks, energy harvesting, thermoelectric generator, temperature monitoring

Abstract


The feasibility of using thermal energy harvesting to power a wireless sensor node for temperature monitoring of industrial devices is explored and evaluated in this paper. The thermal energy harvesting equipment and energy conversion circuit have been designed and fabricated. A series of experiments with various sleep periods for the sensor node are undertaken. The experimental results show that the thermal energy harvesting equipment and energy conversion circuit are able to power a commercial wireless node when the sleep period of the node is more than 16s, equating to a duty cycle of 5.4%. The results also indicate that the wireless sensor network based on the proposed autonomous wireless sensor node can monitor the industrial device temperature successfully.

Author Biographies

Liqun Hou, North China Electric Power University

A/Prof, Department of Automation, School of Control and Computer Engineering

Shudong Tan, North China Electric Power University

Department of Automation, School of Control and Computer Engineering

Lei Yang, North China Electric Power University

Department of Automation, School of Control and Computer Engineering

Zhijuan Zhang, North China Electric Power University

A/Prof, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Neil Bergmann, The University of Queensland

Professor, School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering

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Published

2017-04-28

How to Cite

Hou, L., Tan, S., Yang, L., Zhang, Z., & Bergmann, N. (2017). Autonomous Wireless Sensor Node with Thermal Energy Harvesting for Temperature Monitoring of Industrial Devices. International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE), 13(04), pp. 75–82. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v13i04.6802

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Short Papers