TY  - CONF
EP  - 163
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85034864695&doi=10.1109%2fCSPA.2017.8064943&partnerID=40&md5=2bb789aedade868caa64534e520eb65c
A1  - Senivasan, S.
A1  - Drieberg, M.
A1  - Singh, B.S.M.
A1  - Sebastian, P.
A1  - Hiung, L.H.
SN  - 9781509011841
PB  - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y1  - 2017///
KW  - DC-DC converters; Electric batteries; Energy harvesting; Energy resources; Maximum power point trackers; Secondary batteries; Sensor nodes; Signal processing; Solar energy
KW  -  Energy Harvester; Hardware prototype; Life span; Low Power; Maximum Power Point Tracking; Power densities; Solar harvesting; Solar panels
KW  -  Wireless sensor networks
SP  - 159
ID  - scholars8302
TI  - An MPPT micro solar energy harvester for wireless sensor networks
N1  - cited By 17; Conference of 13th IEEE International Colloquium on Signal Processing and its Applications, CSPA 2017 ; Conference Date: 10 March 2017 Through 12 March 2017; Conference Code:131075
N2  - Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) have been successfully deployed in many applications areas including agriculture, transportation, industrial and healthcare. However, they are generally powered by batteries and constrained by its finite energy resource. Therefore, energy harvesting has been proposed to ensure a longer lifespan for the WSNs. Solar energy harvesting is considered the most effective for WSN that are placed outdoor, because it has the highest power density. In this paper, solar harvesting using a low-power IC based Maximum Power Point Tracker (MPPT) is designed to provide better efficiency from solar panel. The solar harvester also includes rechargeable batteries that provides energy during the absence of sunlight and a DC-DC converter to regulate the voltage to the WSN mote. Results from the hardware prototype testing show that the MPPT enabled solar harvester can provide not only the required energy to sustain the operation of the mote, but also an increase in efficiency. © 2017 IEEE.
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