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Agenda. Statement of WorkGantt ChartTasks CompletedTechnical ContentSummary. 2. Statement of Work. Project FeaturesRefine experimental methods developed during previous quarterTest commercially available energy harvesting modulesDesign and integrate with energy storage circuitrySpecification
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1. Energy Harvesting for Self-Contained Wireless Sensor Modules (Week 7) Group 4:
Atsushi Ohoka
Saheed O. Inawo
Vladimir Sadoma 1
2. Agenda Statement of Work
Gantt Chart
Tasks Completed
Technical Content
Summary 2
3. Statement of Work Project Features
Refine experimental methods developed during previous quarter
Test commercially available energy harvesting modules
Design and integrate with energy storage circuitry
Specifications
Incorporate real-world elements into experiment setup
Define practicality for each harvesting method
Deliverables
Efficiency rates for all energy harvesting methods tested
Working circuit prototype of most efficient model
Resources
EBUI and EBUII labs for assembly and test
Equipments from previous quarter 3
4. Gantt Chart 4
5. Tasks Completed Started thermal energy harvesting
Prepared thermal energy harvesting module for better heat isolation
Set up experiment in EBU I
Made dry ice with an Insta-lce dry ice machine (from USA Restaurant Equipment )
Verified operation of thermal module 5
6. Technical Content 6
7. Experimental Setup
Heat source – sea sand on hot plate
Cold source – dry ice chunks
Voltage output reading
Across 1kO load
No load was applied during previous qtr.
Temperature reading
Thermistors
Thermocouple meter
Technical Content Cont’d 7
8. Technical Content Cont’d 8
9. Technical Content Cont’d Disucssion Cont’d
Temperature difference can signi-ficantly affect the output voltage
Previous Qtr. ? 4°C
This Qtr. ? 126.4°C
Power dependence on ?T 9
10. Technical Content Cond’d Discussion Cont’d
Square dependence of power on temp. is not realistic
Spatial variation ? non-uniform current in different regions of module ? low temp. difference in one region can limit performance
Non-ideal heat isolation and measurements 10
11. Summary Started thermal energy harvesting
Data collection is still incomplete
Showed and discussed comparison with previous quarter’s results
Considered improvements and refined experimental setup 11
12. Plans for Next Week! Continue experiment on thermal energy harvesting (TEH)
Obtain better results
Revisit piezoelectric energy harvesting for better analysis
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13. Questions? 13