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Supercapacitor leakage in energy-harvesting sensor nodes: fact or fiction? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
As interest in energy-harvesting sensor nodes continues to grow, the use of supercapacitors as energy stores or buffers is gaining popularity. The reasons for their use are numerous, and include their high power density, simple interfacing requirements ...
Merrett, Geoff V., Weddell, Alex S.
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Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting: Enhancing Power Output by Device Optimisation and Circuit Techniques [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Energy harvesting; that is, harvesting small amounts of energy from environmental sources such as solar, air flow or vibrations using small-scale (≈1cm 3 ) devices, offers the prospect of powering portable electronic devices such as GPS receivers and
Worthington, Emma
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Application of piezoelectric self powered wireless sensor in CCAL vibration environment monitoring

open access: yesResults in Engineering, 2023
With the growth of the economy and social progress, people's requirements for mechanical equipment are becoming higher and higher, and the complexity of mechanical equipment is also increasing.
Hongliang Zou
doaj   +1 more source

Modeling of Wireless Sensor Nodes Powered by Tunable Energy Harvesters: HDL-Based Approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper presents a hardware description language (HDL) approach to modeling a complete wireless sensor node system powered by a tunable vibration energy harvester including both energy generation and consumption.
Merrett, Geoff V.   +5 more
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A credit card sized self powered smart sensor node

open access: yes, 2011
This paper reports a self powered smart sensor node (also called ‘smart tag’) consisting of a piezoelectric vibration energy harvester, a power conditioning circuit, sensors and an RF transmitter. The smart tag has dimensions similar to a credit card and
Beeby, Steve   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Experimental Study of Macro Fiber Composite-Magnet Energy Harvester for Self-Powered Active Magnetic Bearing Rotor Vibration Sensor

open access: yesEnergies, 2020
The paper presents the design, fabrication, and characterization of an energy harvester for an active magnetic bearing (AMB) rotor vibration using a macro fiber composite (MFC) with magnetic coupling.
Arkadiusz Mystkowski   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Calliopsis structure-based triboelectric nanogenerator for harvesting wind energy and self-powerd wind speed/direction sensor

open access: yesMaterials & Design, 2022
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) can harvest various forms of mechanical energy from the surrounding environment and convert them into electrical energy efficiently. Harvesting wind energy from the environment by TENG could be an ideal way to achieve
Chenghan Zhao   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Self-powered autonomous wireless sensor node using vibration energy harvesting

open access: yes, 2008
This paper reports the development and implementation of an energy aware autonomous wireless condition monitoring sensor system (ACMS) powered by ambient vibrations.
Torah, Russel   +11 more
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A Self-Powered Flexible Displacement Sensor Based on Triboelectric Effect for Linear Feed System

open access: yesNanomaterials, 2023
The detection and feedback of displacement and velocity significantly impact the control accuracy of the linear feed system. In this study, we propose a flexible and self-powered displacement sensor based on the triboelectric effect, designed for ...
Tingting Zhao   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Graphene-Doped Thermoplastic Polyurethane Nanocomposite Film-Based Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Self-Powered Sport Sensor

open access: yesNanomaterials
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs), as novel electronic devices for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy, are better suited as signal-testing sensors or as components within larger wearable Internet of Things (IoT) or Artificial ...
Shujie Yang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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