PT10.249 - Experimental Evaluation of Thermoelectric Generators for Indoor Autonomous Sensors
- Event
- EUROSENSORS XXXVI
2024-09-01 - 2024-09-04
Debrecen (Hungary) - Band
- Poster
- Chapter
- PT10 - System Integration, Powering and Energy Harvesting
- Author(s)
- M. Ridwan, M. Gasulla, F. Reverter - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona (Spain)
- Pages
- 253 - 254
- DOI
- 10.5162/EUROSENSORSXXXVI/PT10.249
- ISBN
- 978-3-910600-03-4
- Price
- free
Abstract
This work aims to identify potential indoor thermal energy sources and assess the feasibility of using a Thermo-Electric Generator (TEG) to generate electrical energy for powering indoor autonomous sen-sors. A commercial small TEG (4 4 cm2) was tested with two heatsinks of different dimensions and at several values of temperature difference (T) between the thermal source and the surrounding en-vironment, so as to determine the amount of power available. The highest power outputs achieved by the TEG were 1.83 mW and 33.0 mW with the small and large heatsinks, respectively, at T = 40C, which are suitable to power most sensor nodes.