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Data Acquisition for Estimating Energy-Efficient Solar-Powered Sensor Node Performance for Usage in Industrial IoT

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  • Dalibor Dobrilovic

    (Technical Faculty “Mihajlo Pupin” Zrenjanin, University of Novi Sad, 23000 Zrenjanin, Serbia)

  • Jasmina Pekez

    (Technical Faculty “Mihajlo Pupin” Zrenjanin, University of Novi Sad, 23000 Zrenjanin, Serbia)

  • Eleonora Desnica

    (Technical Faculty “Mihajlo Pupin” Zrenjanin, University of Novi Sad, 23000 Zrenjanin, Serbia)

  • Ljiljana Radovanovic

    (Technical Faculty “Mihajlo Pupin” Zrenjanin, University of Novi Sad, 23000 Zrenjanin, Serbia)

  • Ivan Palinkas

    (Technical College of Applied Sciences, 23000 Zrenjanin, Serbia)

  • Milica Mazalica

    (Technical Faculty “Mihajlo Pupin” Zrenjanin, University of Novi Sad, 23000 Zrenjanin, Serbia)

  • Luka Djordjević

    (Technical Faculty “Mihajlo Pupin” Zrenjanin, University of Novi Sad, 23000 Zrenjanin, Serbia)

  • Sinisa Mihajlovic

    (Technical Faculty “Mihajlo Pupin” Zrenjanin, University of Novi Sad, 23000 Zrenjanin, Serbia)

Abstract

In the era of rapid technological growth, we are facing increased energy consumption. The question of using renewable energy sources is also essential for the sustainability of wireless sensor networks and the Industrial Internet of Things, especially in scenarios where there is a need to deploy an extensive number of sensor nodes and smart devices in industrial environments. Because of that, this paper targets the problem of monitoring the operations of solar-powered wireless sensor nodes applicable for a variety of Industrial IoT environments, considering their required locations in outdoor scenarios and the efficient solar power harvesting effects. This paper proposes a distributed wireless sensor network system architecture based on open-source hardware and open-source software technologies to achieve that. The proposed architecture is designed for acquiring solar radiation data and other ambient parameters (solar panel and ambient temperature, light intensity, etc.). These data are collected primarily to define estimation techniques using nonlinear regression for predicting solar panel voltage outputs that can be used to achieve energy-efficient operations of solar-powered sensor nodes in outdoor Industrial IoT systems. Additionally, data can be used to analyze and monitor the influence of multiple ambient data on the efficiency of solar panels and, thus, powering sensor nodes. The architecture proposal considers the variety of required data and the transmission and storage of harvested data for further processing. The proposed architecture is implemented in the small-scale variants for evaluation and testing. The platform is further evaluated with the prototype sensor node for collecting solar panel voltage generation data with open-source hardware and low-cost components for designing such data acquisition nodes. The sensor node is evaluated in different scenarios with solar and artificial light conditions for the feasibility of the proposed architecture and justification of its usage. As a result of this research, the platform and the method for implementing estimation techniques for sensor nodes in various sensor and IoT networks, which helps to achieve edge intelligence, is established.

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  • Dalibor Dobrilovic & Jasmina Pekez & Eleonora Desnica & Ljiljana Radovanovic & Ivan Palinkas & Milica Mazalica & Luka Djordjević & Sinisa Mihajlovic, 2023. "Data Acquisition for Estimating Energy-Efficient Solar-Powered Sensor Node Performance for Usage in Industrial IoT," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(9), pages 1-22, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:9:p:7440-:d:1137539
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