Title :
Simulation tool for virtual estimation of harvested thermoelectric energy supplying wireless sensor nodes
Author :
Dziurdzia, Piotr
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., AGH,Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Cracow, Poland
Abstract :
The paper deals with a software tool based on electronic circuit simulator SPICE for computer analysis of electrothermal processes during thermal energy harvesting. In the work compact models of a thermoelectric generator (TEG) and a wireless sensor node (WSN) are shown. They both constitute a virtual environment for estimation and predicting of available electrical power that can be harvested from waste heat energy sources and next used to powering WSN and pervasive computing devices.
Keywords :
SPICE; digital simulation; energy harvesting; power engineering computing; thermoelectric power; ubiquitous computing; wireless sensor networks; SPICE; computer analysis; electrical power prediction; electronic circuit simulator; electrothermal process; harvested thermoelectric energy; pervasive computing devices; simulation tool; software tool; thermal energy harvesting; thermoelectric generator; virtual environment; virtual estimation; wireless sensor nodes; Heat sinks; Integrated circuit modeling; Resistance; SPICE; Temperature sensors; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; electrothermal simulations; energy harvesting; pervasive computing; wireless sensor network;
Conference_Titel :
Software Technology and Engineering (ICSTE), 2010 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Juan, PR
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8667-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8666-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICSTE.2010.5608872
