Energy harvesting from wind and water for autonomous wireless sensor nodes

IET Circuits, Devices and Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 413-420

  Azevedo, J A R ^a   Santos, F E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SENSOR NODES;

POWER CONSTRAINTS; PROPELLER TURBINES; SAVONIUS WIND TURBINE; SMALL SCALE POWER GENERATION; SOURCE OF ENERGY; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSNS); WIRELESS SENSOR NODE; WSN APPLICATIONS;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 84907539506     PISSN: 1751858X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-cds.2011.0287     Document Type: Article

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