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A Terrestrial Microbial Fuel Cell for Powering a Single-Hop Wireless Sensor Network
- Source :
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences, International Journal of Molecular Sciences; Volume 17; Issue 5; Pages: 762, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 17, Iss 5, p 762 (2016)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are envisioned as one of the most promising alternative renewable energy sources because they can generate electric current continuously while treating waste. Terrestrial Microbial Fuel Cells (TMFCs) can be inoculated and work on the use of soil, which further extends the application areas of MFCs. Energy supply, as a primary influential factor determining the lifetime of Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) nodes, remains an open challenge in sensor networks. In theory, sensor nodes powered by MFCs have an eternal life. However, low power density and high internal resistance of MFCs are two pronounced problems in their operation. A single-hop WSN powered by a TMFC experimental setup was designed and experimented with. Power generation performance of the proposed TMFC, the relationships between the performance of the power generation and the environment temperature, the water content of the soil by weight were measured by experiments. Results show that the TMFC can achieve good power generation performance under special environmental conditions. Furthermore, the experiments with sensor data acquisition and wireless transmission of the TMFC powering WSN were carried out. We demonstrate that the obtained experimental results validate the feasibility of TMFCs powering WSNs.
- Subjects :
- Power management
energy harvesting
Microbial fuel cell
terrestrial microbial fuel cell
Computer science
Bioelectric Energy Sources
02 engineering and technology
Internal resistance
Catalysis
Automotive engineering
Article
Inorganic Chemistry
lcsh:Chemistry
Data acquisition
wireless sensor network
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Molecular Biology
lcsh:QH301-705.5
Spectroscopy
business.industry
020208 electrical & electronic engineering
Organic Chemistry
General Medicine
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
power management
Computer Science Applications
Renewable energy
Electricity generation
Biodegradation, Environmental
lcsh:Biology (General)
lcsh:QD1-999
0210 nano-technology
business
Wireless sensor network
Energy harvesting
Wireless Technology
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Details
- ISSN :
- 14220067
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International journal of molecular sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....382b8a6cf16a49f459def3e4fb0bcfaf