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Accurate supercapacitor modeling for energy-harvesting wireless sensor nodes

Accurate supercapacitor modeling for energy-harvesting wireless sensor nodes
Accurate supercapacitor modeling for energy-harvesting wireless sensor nodes
Supercapacitors are often used in energy-harvesting wireless sensor nodes (EH-WSNs) to store harvested energy. Until now, research into the use of supercapacitors in EH-WSNs has considered them to be ideal or over-simplified, with non-ideal behavior attributed to substantial leakage currents. In this brief, we show that observations previously attributed to leakage are predominantly due to redistribution of charge inside the supercapacitor. We confirm this hypothesis through the development of a circuit-based model which accurately represents non-ideal behavior. The model correlates well with practical validations representing the operation of an EH-WSN, and allows behavior to be simulated over long periods.
energy harvesting, supercapacitor modeling, system simulation, wireless sensor networks, supercapacitor leakage
1549-7747
911-915
Weddell, Alex
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Merrett, Geoff V.
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Kazmierski, Tom
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Al-Hashimi, Bashir
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Weddell, Alex, Merrett, Geoff V., Kazmierski, Tom and Al-Hashimi, Bashir (2011) Accurate supercapacitor modeling for energy-harvesting wireless sensor nodes. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, 58 (12), 911-915. (doi:10.1109/TCSII.2011.2172712).

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Abstract

Supercapacitors are often used in energy-harvesting wireless sensor nodes (EH-WSNs) to store harvested energy. Until now, research into the use of supercapacitors in EH-WSNs has considered them to be ideal or over-simplified, with non-ideal behavior attributed to substantial leakage currents. In this brief, we show that observations previously attributed to leakage are predominantly due to redistribution of charge inside the supercapacitor. We confirm this hypothesis through the development of a circuit-based model which accurately represents non-ideal behavior. The model correlates well with practical validations representing the operation of an EH-WSN, and allows behavior to be simulated over long periods.

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Accepted/In Press date: 22 September 2011
Published date: December 2011
Keywords: energy harvesting, supercapacitor modeling, system simulation, wireless sensor networks, supercapacitor leakage
Organisations: Electronic & Software Systems, EEE

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Local EPrints ID: 272829
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/272829
ISSN: 1549-7747
PURE UUID: 8e59bdea-2661-4113-88ab-10467e769cbf
ORCID for Alex Weddell: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-6763-5460
ORCID for Geoff V. Merrett: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-4980-3894

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Date deposited: 22 Sep 2011 12:37
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:25

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Author: Alex Weddell ORCID iD
Author: Geoff V. Merrett ORCID iD
Author: Tom Kazmierski
Author: Bashir Al-Hashimi

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