Batteryless sensor devices for underground infrastructure : a long-term experiment on urban water pipes

Böbel, Manuel; Frei, Fabian; Blumensaat, Frank; Ebi, Christian; Meli, Marcel Louis; Rüst, Andreas

doi:10.3390/jlpea13020031

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dc.contributor.author	Böbel, Manuel	-
dc.contributor.author	Frei, Fabian	-
dc.contributor.author	Blumensaat, Frank	-
dc.contributor.author	Ebi, Christian	-
dc.contributor.author	Meli, Marcel Louis	-
dc.contributor.author	Rüst, Andreas	-
dc.date.accessioned	2023-05-17T09:13:49Z	-
dc.date.available	2023-05-17T09:13:49Z	-
dc.date.issued	2023-04-29	-
dc.identifier.issn	2079-9268	de_CH
dc.identifier.uri	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/27852	-
dc.description.abstract	Drinking water is becoming increasingly scarce as the world’s population grows and climate change continues. However, there is great potential to improve drinking water pipelines, as 30% of fresh water is lost between the supplier and consumer. While systematic process monitoring could play a crucial role in the early detection and repair of leaks, current practice requires manual inspection, which is both time-consuming and costly. This project envisages maintenance-free measurements at numerous locations within the underground infrastructure, a goal that is to be achieved through the use of a harvesting device mounted on the water pipe. This device extracts energy from the temperature difference between the water pipe and the soil using a TEG (thermoelectric generator), takes sensor measurements, processes the data and transmits it wirelessly via LoRaWAN. We built 16 harvesting devices, installed them in four locations and continuously evaluated their performance throughout the project. In this paper, we focus on two devices of a particular type. The data for a full year show that enough energy was available on 94% of the days, on average, to take measurements and transmit data. This study demonstrates that it is possible to power highly constrained sensing devices with energy harvesting in underground environments.	de_CH
dc.language.iso	en	de_CH
dc.publisher	MDPI	de_CH
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications	de_CH
dc.rights	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	de_CH
dc.subject	Energy harvesting	de_CH
dc.subject	Thermoelectric generator	de_CH
dc.subject	TEG	de_CH
dc.subject	Wireless technology	de_CH
dc.subject	Underground infrastructure	de_CH
dc.subject	Leak detection	de_CH
dc.subject.ddc	621.04: Energietechnik	de_CH
dc.title	Batteryless sensor devices for underground infrastructure : a long-term experiment on urban water pipes	de_CH
dc.type	Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift	de_CH
dcterms.type	Text	de_CH
zhaw.departement	School of Engineering	de_CH
zhaw.organisationalunit	Institute of Embedded Systems (InES)	de_CH
dc.identifier.doi	10.3390/jlpea13020031	de_CH
dc.identifier.doi	10.21256/zhaw-27852	-
zhaw.funding.eu	No	de_CH
zhaw.issue	2	de_CH
zhaw.originated.zhaw	Yes	de_CH
zhaw.pages.start	31	de_CH
zhaw.publication.status	publishedVersion	de_CH
zhaw.volume	13	de_CH
zhaw.publication.review	Peer review (Publikation)	de_CH
zhaw.funding.zhaw	Smart Water Pipes	de_CH
zhaw.author.additional	No	de_CH
zhaw.display.portrait	Yes	de_CH
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Böbel, M., Frei, F., Blumensaat, F., Ebi, C., Meli, M. L., & Rüst, A. (2023). Batteryless sensor devices for underground infrastructure : a long-term experiment on urban water pipes. Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications, 13(2), 31. https://doi.org/10.3390/jlpea13020031

Böbel, M. et al. (2023) ‘Batteryless sensor devices for underground infrastructure : a long-term experiment on urban water pipes’, Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications, 13(2), p. 31. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/jlpea13020031.

M. Böbel, F. Frei, F. Blumensaat, C. Ebi, M. L. Meli, and A. Rüst, “Batteryless sensor devices for underground infrastructure : a long-term experiment on urban water pipes,” Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications, vol. 13, no. 2, p. 31, Apr. 2023, doi: 10.3390/jlpea13020031.

BÖBEL, Manuel, Fabian FREI, Frank BLUMENSAAT, Christian EBI, Marcel Louis MELI und Andreas RÜST, 2023. Batteryless sensor devices for underground infrastructure : a long-term experiment on urban water pipes. Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications. 29 April 2023. Bd. 13, Nr. 2, S. 31. DOI 10.3390/jlpea13020031

Böbel, Manuel, Fabian Frei, Frank Blumensaat, Christian Ebi, Marcel Louis Meli, and Andreas Rüst. 2023. “Batteryless Sensor Devices for Underground Infrastructure : A Long-Term Experiment on Urban Water Pipes.” Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications 13 (2): 31. https://doi.org/10.3390/jlpea13020031.

Böbel, Manuel, et al. “Batteryless Sensor Devices for Underground Infrastructure : A Long-Term Experiment on Urban Water Pipes.” Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications, vol. 13, no. 2, Apr. 2023, p. 31, https://doi.org/10.3390/jlpea13020031.