Energy harvesting from hybrid indoor ambient light and thermal energy sources for enhanced performance of wireless sensor nodes

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 4424-4435

  Tan, Yen Kheng ^a   Panda, Sanjib Kumar ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Hybrid energy harvesting (HEH); near maximum power point tracking (MPPT); solar and thermal energy sources; wireless sensor nodes

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT LIGHT; CLOSED-LOOP; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRONIC LOAD; ENERGY SOURCE; ENHANCED PERFORMANCE; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FIXED VOLTAGE; FORM FACTORS; HYBRID ENERGY HARVESTING (HEH); MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; MAXIMUM POWER TRANSFER; NUMBER OF COMPONENTS; OPERATING CONDITION; OUTPUT POWER; POWER MANAGEMENT CIRCUITS; POWER-LOSSES; SOLAR AND THERMAL ENERGY SOURCES; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; ULTRA LOW POWER; VOLTAGE FEEDBACK CONTROL; WIRELESS SENSOR NODE; WIRELESS SENSOR NODES;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT TRACKING; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; OPTICAL FLOWS; PUMPS; SENSOR NODES; SENSORS; SOLAR ENERGY; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; THERMAL ENERGY;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 80051764459     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2010.2102321     Document Type: Article

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