A More Efficient Technique to Power Home Monitoring Systems Using Controlled Battery Charging
Home energy monitoring has recently become a very important issue and a means to reduce energy consumption in the residential sector. Sensors and control systems are deployed at various locations in a house and an intelligent system is used to efficiently manage the consumed energy. Low power commun...
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| author | Joaquim Amândio Azevedo Filipe Edgar Santos |
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| description | Home energy monitoring has recently become a very important issue and a means to reduce energy consumption in the residential sector. Sensors and control systems are deployed at various locations in a house and an intelligent system is used to efficiently manage the consumed energy. Low power communication systems are used to provide low power consumption from a smart meter. Several of these systems are battery operated. Other systems use AC/DC adapters to supply power to sensors and communication systems. However, even using low-power technology, such as ZigBee, the power consumption of a router can be high because it must always be powered on. In this work, to evaluate power consumption, a system for monitoring energy usage and indoor air quality was developed. A technique is proposed to efficiently supply power to the components of the system. All sensor nodes are battery operated, and relays are used to control the battery charging process. In addition, an energy harvesting system based on solar energy was developed to power the proposed system. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-228f91897c464d738b3bbeaf1bf486642023-11-22T01:49:35ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732021-06-011413384610.3390/en14133846A More Efficient Technique to Power Home Monitoring Systems Using Controlled Battery ChargingJoaquim Amândio Azevedo0Filipe Edgar Santos1Faculty of Exact Sciences and Engineering, University of Madeira, 9020-105 Funchal, PortugalFaculty of Exact Sciences and Engineering, University of Madeira, 9020-105 Funchal, PortugalHome energy monitoring has recently become a very important issue and a means to reduce energy consumption in the residential sector. Sensors and control systems are deployed at various locations in a house and an intelligent system is used to efficiently manage the consumed energy. Low power communication systems are used to provide low power consumption from a smart meter. Several of these systems are battery operated. Other systems use AC/DC adapters to supply power to sensors and communication systems. However, even using low-power technology, such as ZigBee, the power consumption of a router can be high because it must always be powered on. In this work, to evaluate power consumption, a system for monitoring energy usage and indoor air quality was developed. A technique is proposed to efficiently supply power to the components of the system. All sensor nodes are battery operated, and relays are used to control the battery charging process. In addition, an energy harvesting system based on solar energy was developed to power the proposed system.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/13/3846energy monitoringwireless sensor networksZigBeepower supplyenergy harvesting |
| spellingShingle | Joaquim Amândio Azevedo Filipe Edgar Santos A More Efficient Technique to Power Home Monitoring Systems Using Controlled Battery Charging Energies energy monitoring wireless sensor networks ZigBee power supply energy harvesting |
| title | A More Efficient Technique to Power Home Monitoring Systems Using Controlled Battery Charging |
| title_full | A More Efficient Technique to Power Home Monitoring Systems Using Controlled Battery Charging |
| title_fullStr | A More Efficient Technique to Power Home Monitoring Systems Using Controlled Battery Charging |
| title_full_unstemmed | A More Efficient Technique to Power Home Monitoring Systems Using Controlled Battery Charging |
| title_short | A More Efficient Technique to Power Home Monitoring Systems Using Controlled Battery Charging |
| title_sort | more efficient technique to power home monitoring systems using controlled battery charging |
| topic | energy monitoring wireless sensor networks ZigBee power supply energy harvesting |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/13/3846 |
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