A thermoelectric-based energy harvesting module with extended operational temperature range for powering autonomous wireless sensor nodes in aircraft

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 206, Issue , 2014, Pages 159-164

  Elefsiniotis, A ^a   Kokorakis, N ^a   Becker, T ^a   Schmid, U ^b  

^a AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Phase change material; Scaling of energy output; Thermoelectric energy harvesting; Wireless sensor nodes

Indexed keywords

ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE; ENERGY OUTPUT; OPERATIONAL TEMPERATURE; POWER-TO-WEIGHT RATIOS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS; WIRELESS SENSOR NODE;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS; SENSOR NODES; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 84892373699     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2013.11.036     Document Type: Article

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