Energy Harvesting Systems for IoT Applications Generation, Storage, and Power Management

The book offers a study of the concepts, existing technologies, and design principles necessary for energy harvesting to be applicable in creating perpetual and infinitely operating wireless sensor nodes and sensing devices. It emphasizes the application of developed practical implemented energy harvesting systems like building, automotive, etc. The book describes how energy harvesting can complement the limitations of legacy batteries in emerging applications. The various sources of energy that can be harnessed, and the integration of cutting-edge energy generation, storage technologies, and power management techniques, are discussed in basic terms. The most recent advancements and developments in energy harvesting systems are covered in detail; including methods of performance enhancement and advances in both low-power electronics, as well as how these optimized EH-WSN systems are successfully integrated into real-life deployments/applications.

Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1 Basic Concept of Energy Harvesting

1.2 Motivation for Energy Harvesting System

1.3 Trends of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) – Digitalized Applications

1.4 Imminent Energy Crisis

1.4.1 Need for More Energy with Less Space

1.5 Popular Mitigation Approaches for Prolonging Battery-powered Operation

1.6 Summary

References

Chapter 2: Review of Energy Harvesting Devices, Products and Systems

2.1 An Energy Harvesting System

2.2 Energy Harvesting Devices: Generators/Transducers

2.3 Energy Storage devices: Batteries / Ultracapacitors

2.4 Energy Harvesting Power Management (EH-PM)

References

Chapter 3: Potentials and Limits of Energy Harvesting Systems: Assessment of Electric Power Sources

3.1 Wind Energy Harvesting (WEH) System

3.2 Solar Energy Harvesting (SEH) System

3.3 Thermal Energy Harvesting (TEH) System

3.4 Vibration Energy Harvesting (VEH) System

References

Chapter 4: Energy Harvesting Systems for IoT Applications

4.1 Commercially-Available Energy Harvesting Systems

4.2 Exotic Unconventional Energy Harvesting Systems

4.3 Practical Limits and Considerations

References

Chapter 5: Towards Truly Perpetual Energy Harvesting Operations

5.1 Component degradation

5.2 Wear and Tear

5.3 Electromigration