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  • Renewable Energy Systems
  • Environmental Monitoring Technology
  • Sensor Networks

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  • Wireless Sensor Nodes (WSNs) for environmental monitoring often require frequent battery replacements, limiting their deployment duration and increasing maintenance costs.
  • Integrating energy harvesting solutions is crucial for enabling long-term, autonomous operation of WSNs in remote or inaccessible outdoor locations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and test a novel self-powered prototype for outdoor air quality monitoring.
  • To evaluate the feasibility of using a combined photovoltaic (PV) module and supercapacitor (SC) system to power a WSN.
  • To ensure the long-term operational viability of the WSN without battery substitution.

Main Methods:

  • Assembled and characterized an 8 cm2 GaAs-based triple-junction PV module (29% efficiency).
  • Utilized a 4000 F/4.2 V supercapacitor for energy storage, offering high capacity and longevity.
  • Tailored node power consumption to low-power NDIR CO2 sensors and measured charge/discharge cycles under simulated and real-world illumination.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated the self-powering capability of the WSN prototype under various outdoor illumination conditions.
  • Developed a predictive model for sensor sampling and data transmission to optimize WSN duty cycles.
  • Confirmed the potential for virtually unlimited operational lifetime over different insolation periods throughout the year.

Conclusions:

  • The developed PV-SC powered WSN prototype can achieve self-sustaining operation for extended outdoor air quality monitoring.
  • The system eliminates the need for battery replacements, significantly reducing maintenance and operational costs.
  • This approach offers a viable solution for long-term, autonomous environmental sensing applications.