• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제22권9호
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• pp.33-40
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• 2017

In this paper, we propose a sink-location management and data-routing scheme to effectively support the mobile sink in solar-powered WSN. Battery-based wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have a limited lifetime due to their limited energy, but solar energy-based WSNs can be supplied with energy periodically and can operate forever. On the other hand, introduction of mobile sink in WSNs can solve some energy unbalance problem between sink-neighboring nodes and outer nodes which is one of the major challenges in WSNs. However, there is a problem that additional energy should be consumed to notify each sensor node of the location of the randomly moving mobile sink. In the proposed scheme, one of the nodes that harvests enough energy in each cluster are selected as the cluster head, and the location information of the mobile sink is shared only among the cluster heads, thereby reducing the location management overhead. In addition, the overhead for setting the routing path can be removed by transferring data in the opposite direction to the path where the sink-position information is transferred among the heads. Lastly, the access node is introduced to transmit data to the sink more reliably when the sink moves frequently.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2006년도 춘계학술대회논문집
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• pp.827-830
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• 2006

With recent advanced in portable electric devices, wireless sensor, MEMS and bio-Mechanics device, the new typed power supply, not conventional battery but self-powered energy source is needed. Particularly, the system that harvests from their environments are interests for use in self powered devices. For very low powered devices, environmental energy may be enough to use power source. In the generality of cases, these energy harvesting systems are used in the piezoelectric materials as mechanisms to convert mechanical vibration energy into electric energy. Through the piezoelectric materials, the ambient vibration energy could be used to prolong the power supply or in the ideal case provide endless energy f9r the devices. Therefore, the piezoelectric power harvesting cantilever beam is developed. Also, the output voltage and power are predicted in this study. We also discuss the developing system of the piezoelectric energy scavenger. An experimental verification of the model is also performed to ensure its accuracy.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.255-262
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• 2016

철도차량의 안정성과 신뢰성을 위해 상시 자가진단 시스템의 필요성이 높아지고 있다. 통상적으로 이러한 모니터링 시스템에는 유선 센서가 쓰여 왔는데, 설치 장소의 제약이 적은 무선 센서의 활용과 유지보수의 문제를 위해서는 무선 센서의 전원 문제를 해결하여야 한다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 고속으로 주행하는 차량 주변의 에너지를 활용하여 친환경적이면서 반영구적인 자가 발전의 방편으로 열전 발전의 적용성을 검토하였다. 차량의 주행 조건에 따라 열전 발전 모듈이 설치될 차축 베어링 커버의 온도 차이에 대한 측정이 먼저 이루어졌고, 여기에 상용 열전 소자 모듈을 장착하여 그 성능을 테스트 하였다. 주어진 조건에서 출력을 높이기 위해 부하 저항 및 열전 소자 전용 회로를 적용하여 효과를 분석한 결과, 저온부의 효과적인 냉각 및 열손실의 최소화를 통해 열전 발전을 통한 무선 센서 전원 공급이 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.333-343
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• 2019

The possibility of adopting vibration-powered wireless nodes has been largely investigated in the last years. Among the available technologies based on the piezoelectric effect, the most common ones consist of a vibrating beam covered by electroactive layers. Another energy harvesting strategy is based on the use of piezoelectric strips attached to a hosting structure subjected to dynamic loads. The hosting structure, for example, can be the system to be equipped with wireless nodes. Such strategy has received few attentions so far and no analytical studies have been presented yet. Hence, the original contribution of the present paper is concerned with the development of analytical solutions for the electrodynamic analysis and design of piezoelectric polymeric strips attached to relatively large linear elastic structural systems subjected to random vibrations at the base. Specifically, it is assumed that the dynamics of the hosting structure is dominated by the fundamental vibration mode only, and thus it is reduced to a linear elastic single-degree-of-freedom system. On the other hand, the random excitation at the base of the hosting structure is simulated by filtering a white Gaussian noise through a linear second-order filter. The electromechanical force exerted by the polymeric strip is negligible compared with other forces generated by the large hosting structure to which it is attached. By assuming a simplified electrical interface, useful new exact analytical expressions are derived to assess the generated electric power and the integrity of the harvester as well as to facilitate its optimum design.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.926-937
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• 2016

In this paper, we study the feasibility of receiver diversity for application to downlink cellular networks, where low-energy devices are equipped with information decoding and energy harvesting receivers for simultaneous wireless information and power transfer. We compare several options that are based on selection combining and maximum ratio combining, which provide different implementation complexities. By capitalizing on the Frechet inequality, we shed light on the advantages and limitations of each scheme as a function of the transmission rate and harvested power that need to be fulfilled at the low-energy devices. Our analysis shows that no scheme outperforms the others for every system setup. It suggests, on the other hand, that the low-energy devices need to operate in an adaptive fashion, by choosing the receiver diversity scheme as a function of the imposed requirements. With the aid of stochastic geometry, we introduce mathematical frameworks for system-level analysis. We show that they constitute an important tool for system-level optimization and, in particular, for identifying the diversity scheme that optimizes wireless information and power transmission as a function of a sensible set of parameters. Monte Carlo simulations are used to validate our findings and to illustrate the trade-off that emerge in cellular networks with simultaneous wireless information and power transfer.

• 한국위성정보통신학회논문지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.6-10
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• 2015

무선 에너지 하비스팅 기술은 주로 무선 통신 네트워크에서 전력소모가 적은 무선 통신 장치들을 동작시키기 위해 주변 환경으로부터 RF 신호를 수집, 에너지로 변환하는 기술로 최근 각광을 받고 있다. 이와 같은 기술과 기존의 인지무선(Cognitive Radio) 네트워크 모델을 기반으로, 본 논문에서는 적은 파워 소비를 하는 2차 유저(Secondary User)가 근처에서 동작 중인 1차 유저(Primary User)의 특정 거리 안에 존재할 때 1차 유저가 전송한 통신 신호로부터 무선에너지 하비스팅을 하고 특정 거리 밖에 존재할 때 우선 사용자에게 할당되어 있는 허가대역을 주기적으로 센싱, 선택적으로 접근하는 무선에너지 하비스팅 인지무선 네트워크 모델을 제시한다. 이 때 1차 유저와 2차 유저는 Poisson pont process로 분포되어있고 통신을 하고 있는 수신자들과 일정한 거리로 떨어져있다. 위와 같은 네트워크 모델에서 주어진 여러 가지 조건하에 2차 유저 네트워크 처리량을 최대화할 수 있는 최적의 프레임 주기, 전송파워, 2차 유저 밀도 제안하고 앞으로의 연구방향을 제시한다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2008년도 제39회 하계학술대회
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• pp.1246-1247
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• 2008

With recent advanced in portable electric devices, wireless sensor, MEMS and bio-Mechanics device, the new typed power supply, not conventional battery but self-powered energy source is needed. Particularly, the system that harvests from their environments are interests for use in self powered devices. For very low powered devices, environmental energy may be enough to use power source. Therefore, in other to made piezoelectric energy harvesting device, PMN-PZT thick film was formed by the screen printing method on the Ag/Pd coated alumina substrate. The layer was 8 layers and slurry where a-terpineol, ethycellulose, ferro B-75001 as Vehicle, PMN-PZT powder used are fabricated by ball mill. The output power quality was be also investigated by changing the load resistance, weight and frequency. The made piezoelectric energy harvesting device was resulted from the conditions of 33$k{\Omega}$, 0.25g, 197Hz respectively. The thick film was prepared at the condition of 2.75Vrms, and its power was 230${\mu} W$ and its thickness was 56${mu}m$. The piezoelectric energy harvesting device output voltage was increased, when the load weight, load resistance was increasing and resonance frequency was diminishing. The other side, resonance frequency was diminished, when the weight was increasing. And output power was continuously it changed by load resistance, output voltage, weight and resonance frequency.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2019년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.304-305
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• 2019

무선센서네트워크는 네트워크 유연함으로 인해 다양한 응용분야에 활용되고 있다. 특히 전력제한문제를 해결하기 위해 에너지 하베스팅 무선센서네트워크(EH-WSN)를 도입하여 센서네트워크의 활용범위가 더욱 넓어지고 있다. 센싱된 데이터를 목적노드까지 전송하기 위해서는 노드들의 전력을 고려한 MAC프로토콜이 중요하게 연구되고 있다. 전력상황과 데이터의 긴급성은 데이터 전송의 중요 요소이며 데이터의 긴급성과 노드들의 전력을 종합적으로 고려한 매체접근제어 프로토콜이 요구된다. 본 논문에서는 전력상황과 데이터의 긴급성에 따라 중계노드를 선택할 수 있는 매체접근제어 프로토콜을 제안하였다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.208-212
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• 2018

Microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology has been attractive since it can not only treat organic waste in an eco-friendly way by digesting it but also generate electricity by the unique metabolic process of microbes. However, it hasn't been employed in practical use until now because it is hard to integrate a small electricity up to an adequate amount of electric power and difficult to keep its bio-electric activity consistent. In this study, we combined an energy harvester with MFC (MFC-EH) to make the power-integration convenient and developed an energy self-sustainable wireless sensor system driven by a stable electric power produced by MFC-EH. Additionally, we build the low power application measuring data to be cast by the web in real-time so that it can be quickly and easily accessed through the internet. The proposed system could contribute to improvement of waste treatment and up-cycling technologies in near future.

• 한국전기전자재료학회논문지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.416-421
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• 2011

Nowadays, the increasing demands upon mobile devices such as wireless sensor networks and the recent advent of low power electrical devices such as MEMS make such renewable power sources attractive. A vibration-driven MEMS lead zirconate titanate $Pb(Zr,Ti)O_3$ (PZT) cantilever device is developed for energy harvesting application. This paper presents a piezoelectric based energy harvester which is suitable for power generating from conventional vibration and has in providing energy for low power electron ic devices. The PZT cantilever is used d33 mode to get the electrical power. The PZT cantilever based energy harvester with the dimension of 7 mm${\times}$3 mm${\times}$0.03 mm is fabricated using micromachining technologies. This PZT cantilever has the mechanical resonance frequency with a 900 Hz. With these conditions, we get experimentally the 37 uW output power from this device with the application of 1g acceleration using the 900 Hz vibration. From this study, we show the feasibility of one of energy harvesting candidates using PZT based structure. This PZT energy harvester could be used for various applications such a batteryless micro sensors and micro power generators.