Research Article

An Integrated Hybrid Energy Harvester for Autonomous Wireless Sensor Network Nodes

Table 4

Cumulative energy flows through the subcomponents of hybrid EH-based autonomous WSN NODE and Router at different time of the day.

Real-time deployment WSN NODE WSN Router
Time on the day of operationEnergy flow (in kilojoules)
NODE consume Discharge from batterySolar EH produceChemical EH produceHybrid EH produceRouter consumeDischarge from battery Solar EH produceChemical EH produceHybrid EH produce

Discharge before dawn
00:00:00–07:15:30
0.3180.4690.0171.1501.1670.6610.6020.0171.1501.150

Transition
07:15:30–09:10:25
0.4070.5330.2611.4421.7030.8370.6930.2611.4421.450

Recharge
09:10:25–17:30:20
0.7680.5336.5172.7189.2341.6000.6936.5172.7184.695

Saturation
17:30:20–19:15:25
0.8430.5736.7822.9839.7651.7460.7536.7832.9834.993

Transition
19:15:25–20:18:30
0.8900.6486.7883.1499.9371.8400.8476.7883.1495.160

Discharge
20:18:30–00:00:00
1.0450.8846.7983.69410.4912.1591.1476.7973.6945.705