A preliminary study of thermal energy harvesting for industrial wireless sensor networks

Proceedings of the International Conference on Sensing Technology, ICST

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages

  Hou, Liqun ^a   Tan, Shudong ^a  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

energy conversion; energy harvesting; finite element analysis; industrial wireless sensor networks (IWSNs); thermoelectric generator (TEG)

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SENSOR NODES; THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSION; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

CONVERSION CIRCUITS; ENERGY-CONSTRAINED; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS MODEL; INDUSTRIAL WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS; INDUSTRIAL WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS (IWSNS); THERMO-ELECTRIC MODULES; THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 85010060699     PISSN: 21568065     EISSN: 21568073     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSensT.2016.7796283     Document Type: Conference Paper

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