Study on field experiments of forest soil thermoelectric power generation devices
As a new strategy to power forest wireless sensors in remote areas, an environmental microenergy collection device has been improved, and field experiments were carried out under natural conditions for the first time. The thermoelectric power generation devices used a gravity-assisted heat pipe to t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6688786/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31398217 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221019 |
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author | Huang, Yongsheng Xu, Daochun Kan, Jiangming Li, Wenbin |
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description | As a new strategy to power forest wireless sensors in remote areas, an environmental microenergy collection device has been improved, and field experiments were carried out under natural conditions for the first time. The thermoelectric power generation devices used a gravity-assisted heat pipe to transmit heat from shallow soil to ground level, and a thermoelectric generator (TEG) was employed to generate electric power from the temperature difference between soil and air. Over the 6-month experimental period at two natural sites, approximately 128.74 J of energy could be harvested in a single day, and 5 209.92 J of energy could be harvested in a generation cycle. The results showed the feasibility of using this green energy to power wireless sensors in remote forests or other environments, This work is relevant to the current acute energy shortages and environmental pollution problems. |
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spelling | pubmed-66887862019-08-15 Study on field experiments of forest soil thermoelectric power generation devices Huang, Yongsheng Xu, Daochun Kan, Jiangming Li, Wenbin PLoS One Research Article As a new strategy to power forest wireless sensors in remote areas, an environmental microenergy collection device has been improved, and field experiments were carried out under natural conditions for the first time. The thermoelectric power generation devices used a gravity-assisted heat pipe to transmit heat from shallow soil to ground level, and a thermoelectric generator (TEG) was employed to generate electric power from the temperature difference between soil and air. Over the 6-month experimental period at two natural sites, approximately 128.74 J of energy could be harvested in a single day, and 5 209.92 J of energy could be harvested in a generation cycle. The results showed the feasibility of using this green energy to power wireless sensors in remote forests or other environments, This work is relevant to the current acute energy shortages and environmental pollution problems. Public Library of Science 2019-08-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6688786/ /pubmed/31398217 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221019 Text en © 2019 Huang et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Huang, Yongsheng Xu, Daochun Kan, Jiangming Li, Wenbin Study on field experiments of forest soil thermoelectric power generation devices |
title | Study on field experiments of forest soil thermoelectric power generation devices |
title_full | Study on field experiments of forest soil thermoelectric power generation devices |
title_fullStr | Study on field experiments of forest soil thermoelectric power generation devices |
title_full_unstemmed | Study on field experiments of forest soil thermoelectric power generation devices |
title_short | Study on field experiments of forest soil thermoelectric power generation devices |
title_sort | study on field experiments of forest soil thermoelectric power generation devices |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6688786/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31398217 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221019 |
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