Living plant energy harvesting for WSN & IoT devices

Mohd Taam, Ahmad Zun Najhi and Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi and Islam, Md. Rafiqul (2024) Living plant energy harvesting for WSN & IoT devices. In: 2024 9th International Conference on Mechatronics Engineering (ICOM), 13-14 August 2024, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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Abstract

A Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is a wireless network that consists of sensor nodes that were installed at a variety of places including on trees, near the river, on cliffs, and even under the ground. These sensors will be scheduled to gather some data and forward them to the nearest network gateway. The sensor nodes use a wireless communication protocol known as Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) that can transfer data at a very long range of up to 10km using a minimum power supply, making it suitable for monitoring environmental events in Malaysian forests. Currently, most sensor nodes are operated using batteries which means that they need to be replaced once the batteries die out. Changing sensor nodes’ batteries can be cost-prohibitive and dangerous depending on the circumstances. An alternative solution is to harvest energy from the forest living plants themselves which have been proven to store electrical energy in the form of electrolytes. This work introduces a field study that attempts to quantify and analyze the amount of energy harvested from local forest living plants in Malaysia to power up the sensor nodes.

Item Type:	Proceeding Paper (Poster)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Living Plant; energy harvesting; WSN; IOT device
Subjects:	T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering > TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Kulliyyah of Engineering
Depositing User:	Dr. Md. Rafiqul Islam
Date Deposited:	10 Sep 2024 14:47
Last Modified:	10 Sep 2024 14:47
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/114359

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