A Terrestrial Microbial Fuel Cell Powered Wireless Sensor Networks

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10.2991/icwcsn-16.2017.130How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Terrestrial microbial fuel cell; wireless sensor network; energy harvesting; power management

Abstract

Terrestrial Microbial Fuel Cells (TMFCs) can be inoculated and work using of soil, which overcomes the shortcomings of Aquatic Microbial Fuel Cells (AMFCs) and extends 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 theory, sensor nodes powered by MFCs have an eternal life. However, low output voltage and power density of MFCs are two pronounced challenges for the application in WSNs. A Terrestrial microbial fuel cell (TMFC) reactor is proposed in the paper. The power generation performance of the proposed TMFC is tested. A single-hop WSN powered by a TMFC experimental setup was designed and experimented with. Results show that the TMFC can achieve enough power for the WSN node working periodically, which validates the feasibility of WSNs powering by TMFCs.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Da-Xing Zhang
AU  - He-Wen Tian
AU  - Yong-Xian Guo
PY  - 2016/12
DA  - 2016/12
TI  - A Terrestrial Microbial Fuel Cell Powered Wireless Sensor Networks
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Wireless Communication and Sensor Networks (WCSN 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 636
EP  - 639
SN  - 2352-538X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icwcsn-16.2017.130
DO  - 10.2991/icwcsn-16.2017.130
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