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 operation | Energy flow (in kilojoules) | NODE consume | Discharge from battery | Solar EH produce | Chemical EH produce | Hybrid EH produce | Router consume | Discharge from battery | Solar EH produce | Chemical EH produce | Hybrid EH produce |
| Discharge before dawn 00:00:00–07:15:30 | 0.318 | 0.469 | 0.017 | 1.150 | 1.167 | 0.661 | 0.602 | 0.017 | 1.150 | 1.150 |
| Transition 07:15:30–09:10:25 | 0.407 | 0.533 | 0.261 | 1.442 | 1.703 | 0.837 | 0.693 | 0.261 | 1.442 | 1.450 |
| Recharge 09:10:25–17:30:20 | 0.768 | 0.533 | 6.517 | 2.718 | 9.234 | 1.600 | 0.693 | 6.517 | 2.718 | 4.695 |
| Saturation 17:30:20–19:15:25 | 0.843 | 0.573 | 6.782 | 2.983 | 9.765 | 1.746 | 0.753 | 6.783 | 2.983 | 4.993 |
| Transition 19:15:25–20:18:30 | 0.890 | 0.648 | 6.788 | 3.149 | 9.937 | 1.840 | 0.847 | 6.788 | 3.149 | 5.160 |
| Discharge 20:18:30–00:00:00 | 1.045 | 0.884 | 6.798 | 3.694 | 10.491 | 2.159 | 1.147 | 6.797 | 3.694 | 5.705 |
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