Infrastructure monitoring smart wireless sensor network with solar energy harvesting

Author

Biyabani, Ahmed

Author_Institution

Comput. Sci. Dept., Imam Univ., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

fYear

2009

fDate

15-17 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Design considerations for an embedded wireless sensor network (WSN) for monitoring civil infrastructure are presented. Nodes capable of local signal processing mitigate the volume of data for wireless transmission. Dual battery and harvested solar power sources provide the energy for the added computation. A low-drop-out-regulator (LDO) recharger with high-temperature cutoff is key to the system being maintenance free over its expected two year lifetime in a hot desert climate.

Keywords

condition monitoring; energy harvesting; intelligent sensors; solar power; wireless sensor networks; WSN; infrastructure monitoring; low-drop-out-regulator recharger; signal processing; smart wireless sensor network; solar energy harvesting; Analog integrated circuits; Batteries; Computerized monitoring; Data communication; Digital integrated circuits; Intelligent sensors; Pipelines; Relays; Solar energy; Wireless sensor networks; LDO; battery recharger; energy harvesting; infrastructure monitoring; solar power; wireless sensor network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Design and Test Workshop (IDT), 2009 4th International

Conference_Location

Riyadh

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5748-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IDT.2009.5404082

Filename

5404082