Application of microbial fuel cells to power sensor networks for ecological monitoring

Smart Sensors, Measurement and Instrumentation

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages 151-178

  Knight, Chris ^a   Cavanagh, Kate ^a   Munnings, Christopher ^a   Moore, Tim ^a   Cheng, Ka Yu ^a   Kaksonen, Anna H ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ENERGY HARVESTING; RELIABILITY; SENSOR NODES;

DESIGN ELEMENTS; ECOLOGICAL MONITORING; LARGE SCALE SENSOR NETWORK; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS (MFCS); POWER DENSITIES; POWER REQUIREMENT; SOURCE OF ENERGY; WIRELESS SENSOR NODE;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

EID: 85014405206     PISSN: 21948402     EISSN: 21948410     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-36365-8_6     Document Type: Chapter

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