Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) offer an attractive solution to many environmental, security and process monitoring. However, their lifetime remains very limited by battery capacity. Through the use of piezoelectric e...Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) offer an attractive solution to many environmental, security and process monitoring. However, their lifetime remains very limited by battery capacity. Through the use of piezoelectric energy harvesting techniques, ambient vibration can be captured and converted into usable electricity to create selfpowering WSN which is not limited by finite battery energy. This paper investigates analytically and experimentally the performance of a WSN powered by a Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting System (PEHS) and a material block-level modeling considering most key energy consumption of a wireless sensor node in a star topology network is proposed. By using real hardware parameters of existing components, the proposed model is used to evaluate the energetic budget of the node. The sensor node performance is evaluated regarding transmit packet size, duty cycle and the number of nodes that can be deployed. From the spectral properties of the available vibration inside two moving vehicles (automobile and train), the maximal recoverable power for each type of vehicle is estimated. Using a PEHS based on a cantilever beam optimized for low-frequency applications, 6 mW power is recovered in the case of the train while a 12.5 mW power is reached in the case of the automobile. It is observed that the sink may not operate with the recovered energy. However, the sensor node can sense and transmit data with a maximum size of 105.5 kbits when the duty cycle is 4 × 10<sup>-15</sup>. It is also achieved that the node is most effective when the measured physical phenomena vary slowly, such as the variations in temperature due to thermal inertia. Considering an optimized PEHS based on non-linear processing, it is shown that the sink can operate for 190% improvement of the recovered power.展开更多
未来电动汽车(plug-in electric vehicle,PEV)的大规模接入,将给电力系统规划和运行带来不可忽视的影响。从电动汽车充电负荷建模与仿真计算、电动汽车接入对电力系统的影响、电动汽车的充放电控制与利用3大方面,讨论电动汽车接入电网...未来电动汽车(plug-in electric vehicle,PEV)的大规模接入,将给电力系统规划和运行带来不可忽视的影响。从电动汽车充电负荷建模与仿真计算、电动汽车接入对电力系统的影响、电动汽车的充放电控制与利用3大方面,讨论电动汽车接入电网的研究现状。指出电动汽车充电负荷分析应考虑的主要因素;总结电动汽车接入对电源发展、电网运行、充电设施与配电网规划方面的影响,并分析电动汽车有序充电及与电网互动(vehicle to grid,V2G)的研究现状和应用难点。最后,对今后的研究方向进行讨论。展开更多
文摘Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) offer an attractive solution to many environmental, security and process monitoring. However, their lifetime remains very limited by battery capacity. Through the use of piezoelectric energy harvesting techniques, ambient vibration can be captured and converted into usable electricity to create selfpowering WSN which is not limited by finite battery energy. This paper investigates analytically and experimentally the performance of a WSN powered by a Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting System (PEHS) and a material block-level modeling considering most key energy consumption of a wireless sensor node in a star topology network is proposed. By using real hardware parameters of existing components, the proposed model is used to evaluate the energetic budget of the node. The sensor node performance is evaluated regarding transmit packet size, duty cycle and the number of nodes that can be deployed. From the spectral properties of the available vibration inside two moving vehicles (automobile and train), the maximal recoverable power for each type of vehicle is estimated. Using a PEHS based on a cantilever beam optimized for low-frequency applications, 6 mW power is recovered in the case of the train while a 12.5 mW power is reached in the case of the automobile. It is observed that the sink may not operate with the recovered energy. However, the sensor node can sense and transmit data with a maximum size of 105.5 kbits when the duty cycle is 4 × 10<sup>-15</sup>. It is also achieved that the node is most effective when the measured physical phenomena vary slowly, such as the variations in temperature due to thermal inertia. Considering an optimized PEHS based on non-linear processing, it is shown that the sink can operate for 190% improvement of the recovered power.
文摘未来电动汽车(plug-in electric vehicle,PEV)的大规模接入,将给电力系统规划和运行带来不可忽视的影响。从电动汽车充电负荷建模与仿真计算、电动汽车接入对电力系统的影响、电动汽车的充放电控制与利用3大方面,讨论电动汽车接入电网的研究现状。指出电动汽车充电负荷分析应考虑的主要因素;总结电动汽车接入对电源发展、电网运行、充电设施与配电网规划方面的影响,并分析电动汽车有序充电及与电网互动(vehicle to grid,V2G)的研究现状和应用难点。最后,对今后的研究方向进行讨论。
