Title
Solar/wind hybrid energy harvesting for supercapacitor-based embedded systems
Abstract
For autonomous medium power (1-10 W) field systems deployed in off-grid applications without established power infrastructure, two system design criteria are crucially important: i) continuous availability of power, ii) robust and low-maintenance operation. In this paper, we provide circuit and system designs for energy harvesters that address both issues by utilizing supercapacitors as their energy buffer and hybrid solar and wind power sources for their power supply. By utilizing the complimentary nature of solar and wind power sources, the necessity for large supercapacitor buffers is eliminated. Although a rich body of solar-only designs exist in the literature, in our knowledge, this is the first paper that demonstrates a hybrid harvester design for the medium power range. We experimentally demonstrate the functionality of our harvester designs.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1109/MWSCAS.2017.8052927
2017 IEEE 60th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS)
Keywords
Field
DocType
Hybrid energy harvesting,wind power harvesting,embedded systems,solar power harvesting
Computer science,Energy harvesting,Maximum power point tracking,Systems design,Electronic engineering,Hybrid power,Power module,Control engineering,Distributed generation,Power optimizer,Electrical engineering,Wind power
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
1548-3746
978-1-5090-6390-1
3
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.39
6
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mohamadhadi Habibzadeh181.13
Moeen Hassanalieragh2894.92
Tolga Soyata331220.85
Gaurav Sharma4172.41