• Journal of the KSME
• /
• v.55 no.4
• /
• pp.35-38
• /
• 2015

이 글에서는 마이크로 에너지 하베스팅(micro energy harvesting)에 사용되는 지능재료 (smart material)의 작동 원리에 대해 소개하고, 이를 이용한 진동에너지 수확장치에 대해 기술하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
• /
• 2013.11a
• /
• pp.351-352
• /
• 2013

에너지 하베스팅 무선 센서 네트워크 환경에서 센서는 에너지 하베스팅 모듈을 통하여 배터리를 충전하고 충전된 배터리를 이용하여 동작을 한다. 센서는 컨트롤러에게 고정적인 주기로 데이터와 Reclaim 메시지를 전송하고 컨트롤러는 그에 대한 응답으로 ACK 메시지를 전송한다. 본 논문에서는 센서가 컨트롤러에게 데이터와 Reclaim 메시지를 전송하는데 있어 고정적인 주기를 센서 주변의 온도 정보를 이용하여 데이터의 전송주기 및 Reclaim 메시지를 동적으로 제어하여 ACK 메시지를 선택적으로 수신하도록 하였다. 제안하는 선택적 ACK 프로토콜은 기존의 ACK 프로토콜을 저 전력화하는 방법으로써 센서의 한정된 배터리 전력을 보다 효율적으로 사용하여 에너지 하베스팅 무선 센서 네트워크의 Life Time을 연장하였다.

• 전기의세계
• /
• v.63 no.8
• /
• pp.31-36
• /
• 2014

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
• /
• v.13 no.1
• /
• pp.153-162
• /
• 2018

The importance of energy harvesting technique is increasing due to the elevated level of demand for sustainable power sources for wearable device applications. In this study, we developed an Energy Harvesting wearable Platform(EH-P) architecture which is used in the design of a multi-energy source based on TENG. The proposed switching circuit produces power with higher current at lower voltage from energy harvesting sources with lower current at higher voltage. This can powers microcontrollers for a short period of time by using PV and TENG complementarily placed under hard conditions for the sources such as indoors. As a result, the whole interface circuit is completely self-powered with this makes it possible to run of sensing on a Wearable device platform. It was possible to increase the wearable device life time by supplying more than 29% of the power consumption to wearable devices. The results presented in this paper show the potential of multi-energy harvesting platform for use in wearable harvesting applications, provide a means of choosing the energy harvesting source.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
• /
• 2011.07a
• /
• pp.1310-1311
• /
• 2011

본 논문에서는 신개념의 에너지 하베스팅 기술로서 전력선의 표유전계에너지 하베스팅을 제안하였고, 저전력 무선 센서노드에 전력공급이 가능함을 실험적으로 확인하였다. 전류가 흐르지 않는 무부하 상태의 220 V 전력선에 20 cm 길이의 알루미늄 포일을 감아서 하베스팅 할 때, 하베스터 회로의 접지가 220 V 전력선의 접지선에 연결되어 있는 경우, 수집 가능한 평균전류는 900 nA, 연구실 콘크리트 바닥에 접지되어 있을 경우, 700 nA의 평균전류를 얻을 수 있음을 확인하였다. 콘크리트 바닥에 접지되어 있는 하베스터 회로의 경우 220 V 전력선으로부터 접지선을 따로 빼 낼 필요가 없기 때문에 충분히 실용적이며 알루미늄 포일의 길이를 60 cm로 느리면 약 2분 만에 저전력 무선 센서노드 구동을 위해 필요한 에너지인 약 2 mJ 만큼 하베스팅이 가능하다. 본 기술을 적용하면 유비쿼터스 센서 네트워크의 전력을 공급할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
• /
• v.22 no.3
• /
• pp.201-206
• /
• 2022

Energy harvesting is a concept introduced in 1954 by Bell Labs in the US while conducting research on solar cells that convert sunlight into energy. Such energy harvesting technology is a technology that collects wasted or unused energy in daily life and recycles it as electric power. In particular In the case of a photovoltaic power generation system, energy harvesting can be applied by storing electricity generated by using a battery to reduce power consumption generated by the inverter in the form of loss of power generation in cloudy weather compared to sunny days. Therefore, in this paper, energy harvesting technology is applied in the low sunlight section such as sunrise, sunset, and cloudy weather to improve the amount of power generation by recovering the power that is below the minimum operating voltage of the inverter and dissipated. Accordingly, the research contents were verified through the development of systems and algorithms according to the amount of solar power generation and the development of systems and algorithms using low power generated in sunset, sunrise, and other environments.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
• /
• v.27 no.1
• /
• pp.1-6
• /
• 2017

Recent researches on radio frequency energy harvesting networks(RF-EHNs) with limited energy resource like battery have been focusing on the development of a new scheme that can effectively extend the whole lifetime of a network to semipermanent. In order for considerable increase both in the amount of energy obtained from radio frequency energy harvesting and its charging effectiveness, it is very important to design a network that supports energy harvesting and data transfer simultaneously with the full consideration of various characteristics affecting the performance of a RF-EHN. In this paper, we proposes an interference-based charging aware routing protocol(ICARP) that utilizes interference information and charging time to maximize the amount of energy harvesting and to minimize the end-to-end delay from a source to the given destination node. To accomplish the research objectives, this paper gives a design of ICARP adopting new network metrics such as interference information and charging time to minimize end-to-end delay in energy harvesting wireless networks. The proposed method enables a RF-EHN to reduce the number of packet losses and retransmissions significantly for better energy consumption. Finally, simulation results show that the network performance in the aspects of packet transmission rate and end-to-end delay has enhanced with the comparison of existing routing protocols.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
• /
• v.53 no.4
• /
• pp.87-93
• /
• 2016

In this paper, we propose a RF energy harvesting based routing protocol in mobile ad-hoc wireless sensor networks. The main features and contributions of the proposed routing protocol are as follows. First, establishment of routing route based on both remaining energy of mobile sensor nodes and RF energy harvesting. Second, establishment of routing route by considering availability and stability of route based on energy of mobile sensor nodes to increase lifetime of networks and route. The performance evaluation of the proposed routing protocol using OPNET shows that the routing method considering both route availability and route stability based on RF energy harvesting can increase efficiently route lifetime.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
• /
• 2014.11a
• /
• pp.23-25
• /
• 2014

에너지 하베스팅 기술은 외부의 지속적인 에너지 공급 없이 통신 시스템의 수명을 오랫동안 유지할 수 있는 수단의 하나로 각광받고 있다. 최근에는 수신한 신호에서 에너지를 얻는 전력 분배의 기법이 제안되었다. 본 논문에서는 인지 무선 통신 시스템에서 이차 사용자가 에너지 하베스팅을 사용하는 중계기를 사용할 때 중계기들 중 하나를 선택하는 기법의 불능 확률을 분석한다. 중계기는 전력 분배의 기법을 사용하여 에너지를 저장하며 선택된 중계기는 수신한 신호를 복호 후 전송한다. 컴퓨터 시뮬레이션을 통해 간섭 제약 조건과 이차 사용자의 중계기 수가 달라질 때의 불능 확률을 살펴본다.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
• /
• v.11 no.11
• /
• pp.151-158
• /
• 2021

In this paper, we analyzed the latest research trends, challenges, and potential applications of next-generation solar cell materials in various industrial fields. In addition, future prospects and possibilities of Smart Textile Hybrid Energy Harvesting Devices that will supply electricity by combining with wearable IoT devices are presented. The hybrid textile energy harvesting device fused next-generation solar cells with tribo-piezoelectric devices will develop into new 'Convergence Integrated Smart Wear' by combining the material itself with wearable IoT devices in the era of the 4th industrial revolution. The next-generation nanotechnology and devices proposed in this paper will be applied to the field of smart textile with an energy harvesting function. And we hope it will be a paradigm shift that evolves into creative products which provide AI services such as medical & healthcare by convergence with the future smart wear industry.