Efficient energy harvesting for Microbial Fuel Cell dedicated to Wireless Sensor Network

Proceedings of the 2015 18th AISEM Annual Conference, AISEM 2015

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages

  Pietrelli, Andrea ^a   Ferrara, Vincenzo ^a   Micangeli, Andrea ^a   Uribe, Lidieth ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

DC DC step up converter; energy harvesting; microbial fuel cell; terrestrial microbial fuel cell; wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

BOND STRENGTH (CHEMICAL); DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; SENSOR NODES; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

ELECTRICAL ENERGY; ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; LOW ENERGY CONSUMPTION; RENEWABLE SOURCES; STEP-UP CONVERTER; TECHNOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; ZERO EMISSION;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 84937149131     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AISEM.2015.7066817     Document Type: Conference Paper

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