Thermal Energy Harvesting for Self-Powered Smart Home Sensors
This paper investigates the use of thermoelectric energy harvesting for embedded, self-powered sensor nodes in smart homes. In particular, one such application is self-powered pressure sensing in vacuum insulation panels for buildings. The panels greatly improve heating and...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | en_US |
| Published: |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
2017
|
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7820-1625 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5977-2748 |
| _version_ | 1826189989724028928 |
|---|---|
| author | Yun, Maxwell Ustun, Ecenur Nadeau, Phillip Chandrakasan, Anantha P |
| author2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Yun, Maxwell Ustun, Ecenur Nadeau, Phillip Chandrakasan, Anantha P |
| author_sort | Yun, Maxwell |
| collection | MIT |
| description | This paper investigates the use of thermoelectric energy harvesting for embedded, self-powered sensor nodes in smart homes. In particular, one such application is self-powered pressure sensing in vacuum insulation panels for buildings. The panels greatly improve heating and cooling energy use, and the thermal difference developed across them could be used to drive a wireless sensor to monitor their pressure level. We first created a model for the available power using historical weather data. Then, we measured the thermoelectric generator’s actual power output by combining the generator with a vacuum insulation panel and mounting it inside a window for experiments. Finally, we determine the feasibility of using the established thermal gradient to power a sensor node. We show that thermoelectric energy harvesting could enable a new class of embedded, maintenance-free, self-powered sensors for smart homes. |
| first_indexed | 2024-09-23T08:33:19Z |
| format | Article |
| id | mit-1721.1/112117 |
| institution | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| language | en_US |
| last_indexed | 2024-09-23T08:33:19Z |
| publishDate | 2017 |
| publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | mit-1721.1/1121172022-09-30T09:33:05Z Thermal Energy Harvesting for Self-Powered Smart Home Sensors Yun, Maxwell Ustun, Ecenur Nadeau, Phillip Chandrakasan, Anantha P Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Chandrakasan, Anantha P. Yun, Maxwell Ustun, Ecenur Nadeau, Phillip Chandrakasan, Anantha P This paper investigates the use of thermoelectric energy harvesting for embedded, self-powered sensor nodes in smart homes. In particular, one such application is self-powered pressure sensing in vacuum insulation panels for buildings. The panels greatly improve heating and cooling energy use, and the thermal difference developed across them could be used to drive a wireless sensor to monitor their pressure level. We first created a model for the available power using historical weather data. Then, we measured the thermoelectric generator’s actual power output by combining the generator with a vacuum insulation panel and mounting it inside a window for experiments. Finally, we determine the feasibility of using the established thermal gradient to power a sensor node. We show that thermoelectric energy harvesting could enable a new class of embedded, maintenance-free, self-powered sensors for smart homes. 2017-11-01T18:34:54Z 2017-11-01T18:34:54Z 2016-09 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112117 Yun, Maxwell et al. "Thermal Energy Harvesting for Self-Powered Smart Home Sensors." 2016 MIT Undergraduate Research Technologies Conference November 4-6 2016, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7820-1625 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5977-2748 en_US http://sites.ieee.org/r1/r1_event/2016-ieee-mit-undergraduate-research-technology-conference/ 2016 MIT Undergraduate Research Technologies Conference Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Chandrakasan |
| spellingShingle | Yun, Maxwell Ustun, Ecenur Nadeau, Phillip Chandrakasan, Anantha P Thermal Energy Harvesting for Self-Powered Smart Home Sensors |
| title | Thermal Energy Harvesting for Self-Powered Smart Home Sensors |
| title_full | Thermal Energy Harvesting for Self-Powered Smart Home Sensors |
| title_fullStr | Thermal Energy Harvesting for Self-Powered Smart Home Sensors |
| title_full_unstemmed | Thermal Energy Harvesting for Self-Powered Smart Home Sensors |
| title_short | Thermal Energy Harvesting for Self-Powered Smart Home Sensors |
| title_sort | thermal energy harvesting for self powered smart home sensors |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112117 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7820-1625 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5977-2748 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT yunmaxwell thermalenergyharvestingforselfpoweredsmarthomesensors AT ustunecenur thermalenergyharvestingforselfpoweredsmarthomesensors AT nadeauphillip thermalenergyharvestingforselfpoweredsmarthomesensors AT chandrakasanananthap thermalenergyharvestingforselfpoweredsmarthomesensors |