Self-powered wireless sensor for air temperature and velocity measurements with energy harvesting capability

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1838-1844

  Sardini, Emilio ^a   Serpelloni, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airflow measurement; autonomous sensor; contactless system; energy scavenging; power harvesting; self powered sensor; telemetry; wind energy

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW MEASUREMENTS; AUTONOMOUS SENSORS; CONTACT LESS; ENERGY SCAVENGING; POWER HARVESTING; SELF-POWERED SENSOR; TELEMETRY; WIND ENERGY;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DC MOTORS; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; HARVESTING; PRESSURE CONTROL; RADIO BROADCASTING; SENSORS; TELEMETERING EQUIPMENT; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WIND POWER;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 79953780603     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2010.2089090     Document Type: Article

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