J4 ›› 2016, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (1): 105-109.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-2400.2016.01.019

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Wireless sensor network powered by a terrestrial microbial fuel cell

ZHANG Daxing1;GUO Yongxian2;CHENG Peitao1;GAO Hongwei1   

  1. (1. School of Mechano-electronic Engineering, Xidian Univ., Xi'an  710071, China;
    2. Inst. of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing  100190, China)
  • Received:2014-08-18 Online:2016-02-20 Published:2016-04-06
  • Contact: ZHANG Daxing E-mail:zhangdx@xidian.edu.cn

Abstract:

Aquatic Microbial Fuel Cell(AMFC) must be inoculated and work in water environment. Terrestrial Microbial Fuel Cell(TMFC) can overcome the shortcoming. In order to realize the practical application of TMFC, a single-hop Wireless Sensor Network(WSN) powered by a TMFC experimental setup is designed and established. Power generation performance of the TMFC and sensor data acquisition, wireless transmission and processing of the WSN are tested by experiments. Experimental results show that the proposed TMFC can drive the single-hop WSN periodically, which validates the feasibility of TMFC powered WSN.

Key words: terrestrial microbial fuel cell, wireless sensor network, energy harvesting

CLC Number: 

  • TP92