Energy Harvesting Advances
At the Sensors Expo & Conference held in Rosemont, Ill earlier this month, there were many vendors touting new energy harvesting products as a replacement for batteries in WSN’s.
As WSN’s begin finding more applications in industrial environments, industrial users want to see tens of thousands of nodes deployed. One main drawback is the need for a battery on each wireless node. As the number of wireless devices grows, battery replacement could turn into a costly and time-consuming problem.
That’s one reason that energy harvesting technology—which could potentially eliminate the need for batteries—was grabbing a good deal of attention at the Sensor Expo & Conference, which included an Energy Harvesting Pavilion on the show floor, sponsored by a half dozen companies that are active in the field. Moreover, there were abundant presentations on energy harvesting and related battery and energy storage topics.
An article from AutamtionWorld comments on the solutions presented and the companies involved. Find it here
