An MPPT micro solar energy harvester for wireless sensor networks

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) have been successfully deployed in many applications areas including agriculture, transportation, industrial and healthcare. However, they are generally powered by batteries and constrained by its finite energy resource. Therefore, energy harvesting has been proposed t...

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Main Authors: Senivasan, S., Drieberg, M., Singh, B.S.M., Sebastian, P., Hiung, L.H.
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2017
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spelling utp-eprints.199992018-04-22T14:31:57Z An MPPT micro solar energy harvester for wireless sensor networks Senivasan, S. Drieberg, M. Singh, B.S.M. Sebastian, P. Hiung, L.H. Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) have been successfully deployed in many applications areas including agriculture, transportation, industrial and healthcare. However, they are generally powered by batteries and constrained by its finite energy resource. Therefore, energy harvesting has been proposed to ensure a longer lifespan for the WSNs. Solar energy harvesting is considered the most effective for WSN that are placed outdoor, because it has the highest power density. In this paper, solar harvesting using a low-power IC based Maximum Power Point Tracker (MPPT) is designed to provide better efficiency from solar panel. The solar harvester also includes rechargeable batteries that provides energy during the absence of sunlight and a DC-DC converter to regulate the voltage to the WSN mote. Results from the hardware prototype testing show that the MPPT enabled solar harvester can provide not only the required energy to sustain the operation of the mote, but also an increase in efficiency. © 2017 IEEE. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2017 Article PeerReviewed https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85034864695&doi=10.1109%2fCSPA.2017.8064943&partnerID=40&md5=2bb789aedade868caa64534e520eb65c Senivasan, S. and Drieberg, M. and Singh, B.S.M. and Sebastian, P. and Hiung, L.H. (2017) An MPPT micro solar energy harvester for wireless sensor networks. Proceedings - 2017 IEEE 13th International Colloquium on Signal Processing and its Applications, CSPA 2017 . pp. 159-163. http://eprints.utp.edu.my/19999/
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description Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) have been successfully deployed in many applications areas including agriculture, transportation, industrial and healthcare. However, they are generally powered by batteries and constrained by its finite energy resource. Therefore, energy harvesting has been proposed to ensure a longer lifespan for the WSNs. Solar energy harvesting is considered the most effective for WSN that are placed outdoor, because it has the highest power density. In this paper, solar harvesting using a low-power IC based Maximum Power Point Tracker (MPPT) is designed to provide better efficiency from solar panel. The solar harvester also includes rechargeable batteries that provides energy during the absence of sunlight and a DC-DC converter to regulate the voltage to the WSN mote. Results from the hardware prototype testing show that the MPPT enabled solar harvester can provide not only the required energy to sustain the operation of the mote, but also an increase in efficiency. © 2017 IEEE.
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author Senivasan, S.
Drieberg, M.
Singh, B.S.M.
Sebastian, P.
Hiung, L.H.
spellingShingle Senivasan, S.
Drieberg, M.
Singh, B.S.M.
Sebastian, P.
Hiung, L.H.
An MPPT micro solar energy harvester for wireless sensor networks
author_sort Senivasan, S.
title An MPPT micro solar energy harvester for wireless sensor networks
title_short An MPPT micro solar energy harvester for wireless sensor networks
title_full An MPPT micro solar energy harvester for wireless sensor networks
title_fullStr An MPPT micro solar energy harvester for wireless sensor networks
title_full_unstemmed An MPPT micro solar energy harvester for wireless sensor networks
title_sort mppt micro solar energy harvester for wireless sensor networks
publisher Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
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