Title :
Optimization of a radio frequency energy harvesting device
Author :
Mussetta, Marco ; Shadmehr, Houriyeh ; Grimaccia, Francesco ; Gandelli, Alessandro ; Zich, Riccardo E.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Energia, Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy
Abstract :
This paper proposes the optimized design of a wireless energy harvesting device (EHD), by means of a recently developed evolutionary optimization method. This procedure is developed in order to increase the transfer efficiency and the robustness of the coupling, with the aim of minimizing the average power loss, and to increase the lifetime of a wireless sensor network by scavenging RF energy available in the environment.
Keywords :
energy harvesting; evolutionary computation; radiofrequency power transmission; wireless sensor networks; RF energy scavenging; energy harvesting device; evolutionary optimization method; radio frequency power transfer; wireless EHD; wireless sensor network; Antennas; Energy harvesting; Genetic algorithms; Optimization; Radio frequency; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; energy harvesting; evolutionary optimization; fractal antenna; wireless power transfer;
Conference_Titel :
Evolutionary Computation (CEC), 2012 IEEE Congress on
Conference_Location :
Brisbane, QLD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1510-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1508-1
DOI :
10.1109/CEC.2012.6256141
