Super-capacitor Power Supply for wireless sensor networks
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Major
Electrical Engineering
Research Advisor
Zheng, Y. Rosa
Advisor's Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Funding Source
Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experiences (OURE)
Abstract
Smart rocks can form a wireless underwater sensor network and play an important role in monitoring bridges, levees, and river banks. Those applications require that the sensory smart rocks can work underwater for extended period of time without maintenance. Active smart rocks need power sources to run the best available rechargeable batteries and Super-capacitors fits these requirements. It is desired to develop a power supply that utilizes super-capacitors and energy harvesting to power the active smart rocks. Preliminary design of super-capacitor power supply is also available that provide limited power options and output power. This project is to improve the existing design to supply +-18 Volts, +-5 Volts, and +3.3 Volts outputs and triple the output power so that the main other boards can be powered by the super-capacitor power supply. The goal is to find out the practical constraints that can guide the design of a cost-effective energy harvester.
Biography
Aysen Malone, will be helping with the design and development of the super-capacitor power supply circuits and field tests. Aysen started working on this project in April with the OURE Program. She is a Undergraduate student at Missouri Science and Technology, majoring in Electrical Engineering.
Presentation Type
OURE Fellows Proposal Oral Applicant
Document Type
Presentation
Location
Turner Room
Presentation Date
11 Apr 2016, 3:00 pm - 3:20 pm
Super-capacitor Power Supply for wireless sensor networks
Turner Room
Smart rocks can form a wireless underwater sensor network and play an important role in monitoring bridges, levees, and river banks. Those applications require that the sensory smart rocks can work underwater for extended period of time without maintenance. Active smart rocks need power sources to run the best available rechargeable batteries and Super-capacitors fits these requirements. It is desired to develop a power supply that utilizes super-capacitors and energy harvesting to power the active smart rocks. Preliminary design of super-capacitor power supply is also available that provide limited power options and output power. This project is to improve the existing design to supply +-18 Volts, +-5 Volts, and +3.3 Volts outputs and triple the output power so that the main other boards can be powered by the super-capacitor power supply. The goal is to find out the practical constraints that can guide the design of a cost-effective energy harvester.
