Potential application of Aloe Vera-derived plant-based cell in powering wireless device for remote sensor activation.
It is well proven that electrical energy can be harvested from the living plants which can be used as a potential renewable energy source for powering wireless devices in remote areas where replacing or recharging the battery is a difficult task. Therefore, harvesting electrical energy from living p...
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| description | It is well proven that electrical energy can be harvested from the living plants which can be used as a potential renewable energy source for powering wireless devices in remote areas where replacing or recharging the battery is a difficult task. Therefore, harvesting electrical energy from living plants in remote areas such as in farms or forest areas can be an ideal source of energy as these areas are rich with living plants. The present paper proposes a design of a power management circuit that can harness, store and manage the electrical energy which is harvested from the leaves of Aloe Barbadensis Miller (Aloe Vera) plants to trigger a transmitter load to power a remote sensor. The power management circuit consists of two sections namely; an energy storage system that acts as an energy storage reservoir to store the energy harvested from the plants as well as a voltage regulation system which is used to boost and manage the energy in accordance to a load operation. The experimental results show that the electrical energy harvested from the Aloe Vera under a specific setup condition can produce an output of 3.49 V and 1.1 mA. The harvested energy is being channeled to the power management circuit which can boost the voltage to 10.9 V under no load condition. The harvested energy from the plants boosted by the power management circuit can turn ON the transmitter automatically to activate a temperature and humidity sensor to measure the environmental stimuli periodically with a ton of 1.22 seconds and toff of 0.46 seconds. This proves that this new source of energy combined with a power management circuit can be employed for powering the wireless sensor network for application in the Internet of Things (IoT). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7b7acf7acb1d4df5a7dc677c31b7d0a02025-08-20T02:00:35ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032019-01-011412e022715310.1371/journal.pone.0227153Potential application of Aloe Vera-derived plant-based cell in powering wireless device for remote sensor activation.Peng Lean ChongAjay Kumar SinghSwee Leong KokIt is well proven that electrical energy can be harvested from the living plants which can be used as a potential renewable energy source for powering wireless devices in remote areas where replacing or recharging the battery is a difficult task. Therefore, harvesting electrical energy from living plants in remote areas such as in farms or forest areas can be an ideal source of energy as these areas are rich with living plants. The present paper proposes a design of a power management circuit that can harness, store and manage the electrical energy which is harvested from the leaves of Aloe Barbadensis Miller (Aloe Vera) plants to trigger a transmitter load to power a remote sensor. The power management circuit consists of two sections namely; an energy storage system that acts as an energy storage reservoir to store the energy harvested from the plants as well as a voltage regulation system which is used to boost and manage the energy in accordance to a load operation. The experimental results show that the electrical energy harvested from the Aloe Vera under a specific setup condition can produce an output of 3.49 V and 1.1 mA. The harvested energy is being channeled to the power management circuit which can boost the voltage to 10.9 V under no load condition. The harvested energy from the plants boosted by the power management circuit can turn ON the transmitter automatically to activate a temperature and humidity sensor to measure the environmental stimuli periodically with a ton of 1.22 seconds and toff of 0.46 seconds. This proves that this new source of energy combined with a power management circuit can be employed for powering the wireless sensor network for application in the Internet of Things (IoT).https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0227153&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Peng Lean Chong Ajay Kumar Singh Swee Leong Kok Potential application of Aloe Vera-derived plant-based cell in powering wireless device for remote sensor activation. PLoS ONE |
| title | Potential application of Aloe Vera-derived plant-based cell in powering wireless device for remote sensor activation. |
| title_full | Potential application of Aloe Vera-derived plant-based cell in powering wireless device for remote sensor activation. |
| title_fullStr | Potential application of Aloe Vera-derived plant-based cell in powering wireless device for remote sensor activation. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Potential application of Aloe Vera-derived plant-based cell in powering wireless device for remote sensor activation. |
| title_short | Potential application of Aloe Vera-derived plant-based cell in powering wireless device for remote sensor activation. |
| title_sort | potential application of aloe vera derived plant based cell in powering wireless device for remote sensor activation |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0227153&type=printable |
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