DocumentCode :
2770059
Title :
SOLARCAP: Super capacitor buffering of solar energy for self-sustainable field systems
Author :
Fahad, Amal ; Soyata, Tolga ; Wang, Tai ; Sharma, Gaurav ; Heinzelman, Wendi ; Shen, Kai
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
fYear :
2012
fDate :
12-14 Sept. 2012
Firstpage :
236
Lastpage :
241
Abstract :
Intelligent systems like automatic highway traffic management, area surveillance, and geological activity monitoring require substantial data collection and processing in the field. Energy self-sustainability is a critical foundation for successful field systems that are away from the power grid infrastructure. Instead of the conventional battery-based energy storage, this paper argues that the super capacitor buffering of solar energy (SOLARCAP) has the advantages of precise energy lifetime awareness, low maintenance, and operational robustness. By designing and developing a prototype implementation of the circuitry required for management and harvesting of energy, we demonstrate a SOLARCAP system that ensures safe device operation within the permitted voltage range.
Keywords :
energy harvesting; power grids; solar power; supercapacitors; SOLARCAP; area surveillance; automatic highway traffic management; battery-based energy storage; data collection; data processing; energy harvesting; energy lifetime awareness; energy management; energy self-sustainability; geological activity monitoring; intelligent systems; operational robustness; power grid infrastructure; safe device operation; self-sustainable field systems; solar energy; super capacitor buffering; Capacitors; Energy storage; Inductors; Power conversion; Prototypes; Voltage control;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
SOC Conference (SOCC), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Niagara Falls, NY
ISSN :
2164-1676
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1294-3
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/SOCC.2012.6398354
Filename :
6398354
Link To Document :
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