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A Survey of Multi-Source Energy Harvesting Systems

A Survey of Multi-Source Energy Harvesting Systems
A Survey of Multi-Source Energy Harvesting Systems
Energy harvesting allows low-power embedded devices to be powered from naturally-occurring or unwanted environmental energy (e.g. light, vibration, or temperature difference). While a number of systems incorporating energy harvesters are now available commercially, they are specific to certain types of energy source. Energy availability can be a temporal as well as spatial effect. To address this issue, ‘hybrid’ energy harvesting systems combine multiple harvesters on the same platform, but the design of these systems is not straightforward. This paper surveys their design, including trade-offs affecting their efficiency, applicability, and ease of deployment. This survey, and the taxonomy of multi-source energy harvesting systems that it presents, will be of benefit to designers of future systems. Furthermore, we identify and comment upon the current and future research directions in this field.
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Weddell, Alexander S., Magno, Michele, Merrett, Geoff V., Brunelli, Davide, Al-Hashimi, Bashir and Benini, Luca (2013) A Survey of Multi-Source Energy Harvesting Systems. Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), Grenoble, France. 18 - 22 Mar 2013. 4 pp . (doi:10.7873/DATE.2013.190).

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Abstract

Energy harvesting allows low-power embedded devices to be powered from naturally-occurring or unwanted environmental energy (e.g. light, vibration, or temperature difference). While a number of systems incorporating energy harvesters are now available commercially, they are specific to certain types of energy source. Energy availability can be a temporal as well as spatial effect. To address this issue, ‘hybrid’ energy harvesting systems combine multiple harvesters on the same platform, but the design of these systems is not straightforward. This paper surveys their design, including trade-offs affecting their efficiency, applicability, and ease of deployment. This survey, and the taxonomy of multi-source energy harvesting systems that it presents, will be of benefit to designers of future systems. Furthermore, we identify and comment upon the current and future research directions in this field.

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Published date: March 2013
Venue - Dates: Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), Grenoble, France, 2013-03-18 - 2013-03-22
Organisations: Electronic & Software Systems, EEE

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Local EPrints ID: 349117
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/349117
ISBN: 978-1-4503-2153-2
PURE UUID: 46cc8c73-e85f-4296-8751-8d4baf5c0e15
ORCID for Alexander S. 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: 25 Feb 2013 11:17
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:25

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Author: Alexander S. Weddell ORCID iD
Author: Michele Magno
Author: Geoff V. Merrett ORCID iD
Author: Davide Brunelli
Author: Bashir Al-Hashimi
Author: Luca Benini

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