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Title

  • Main Title Development of a photovoltaic power supply for wireless sensor networks.

Creator

  • Author: Harvey, Matthew R.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Kyker, Ronald D.
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Sponsor: United States. Department of Energy.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

  • Name: Sandia National Laboratories
    Place of Publication: United States

Date

  • Creation: 2005-06-01

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This report examines the design process of a photovoltaic (solar) based power supply for wireless sensor networks. Such a system stores the energy produced by an array of photovoltaic cells in a secondary (rechargeable) battery that in turn provides power to the individual node of the sensor network. The goal of such a power supply is to enable a wireless sensor network to have an autonomous operation on the order of years. Ideally, such a system is as small as possible physically while transferring the maximum amount of available solar energy to the load (the node). Within this report, there is first an overview of current solar and battery technologies, including characteristics of different technologies and their impact on overall system design. Second is a general discussion of modeling, predicting, and analyzing the extended operation of a small photovoltaic power supply and setting design parameters. This is followed by results and conclusions from the testing of a few basic systems. Lastly, some advanced concepts that may be considered in order to optimize future systems will be discussed.
  • Physical Description: 40 p.

Subject

  • Keyword: Solar Energy
  • STI Subject Categories: 14 Solar Energy
  • Keyword: Testing
  • Keyword: Photovoltaic Cells
  • Keyword: Simulation
  • Keyword: Design
  • Keyword: Availability

Collection

  • Name: Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical Reports
    Code: OSTI

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Report No.: SAND2005-3799
  • Grant Number: AC04-94AL85000
  • DOI: 10.2172/923150
  • Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 923150
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc896280
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