A ZigBee-based network for home heating control

Collotta, Mario; Nicolosi, Giuseppina; Toscano, Emanuele; Mirabella, O.

doi:10.1109/iecon.2008.4758389

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“…Moreover, the approach that will be implemented will also be based on appropriate real-time scheduling algorithms [19,20,21] both to optimize the management task and to further improve energy efficiency. Furthermore, we will also analyse wireless protocols forn on-board communication [22,23] …”

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A fuzzy controller to reduce power consumption in a quadrotor helicopter for environmental monitoring

Pau

Tesoriere

Tirrito

2015

AIP Conference Proceedings

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The Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) are aircrafts with no pilot on board. They can be remote controlled aircraft (e.g. flown by a pilot at a ground control station) or can fly autonomously based on pre-programmed flight plans or more complex dynamic automation systems. UAVs are currently used both in military and civil application. A key element of UAV equipment affecting the mission performance is power source for this reason several approaches can be applied in order to reduce the power consumption. Fuzzy Logic Controllers (FLCs) are becoming increasingly popular in everyday life and their applications can obtain significant benefits in terms of energy management. In this paper a FLC is proposed in order to regulate the motor power of a quadrotor helicopter according to the battery level and to the path to complete. Simulation results reveal that using the proposed approach the battery lifetime is increased by 30% with respect to the use of fixed power.

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A fuzzy controller to reduce power consumption in a quadrotor helicopter for environmental monitoring

Pau

Tesoriere

Tirrito

2015

AIP Conference Proceedings

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“…This process does not stop with electronic applications [5], but incorporates numerous fields. Although often refers to applications for low power [9], generally it comes to energy harvesting wherever it is possible to extract energy from a source, by studying and development of a technology able to perform this service [8,11]. The electro-mechanical system under analysis is a rectangular bimorph piezoelectric transuder bonded on a steel cantilever beam.…”

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Piezoelectric energy harvesting from raised crosswalk devices

Ticali¹,

Denaro²,

Barracco³

et al. 2015

AIP Conference Proceedings

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This paper presents the main characteristics of an experimental energy harvesting device that can be used to recover energy from the vehicular and pedestrian traffic. The use of a piezoelectric bender devices leads to a innovative approach to Henergy Harvesting. The study focuses on the definition and specification of a mechanical configuration able to transfer the vibration from the main box to the piezoelectric transducer. The piezoelectric devices tested is the commonly used monolithic piezoceramic material lead-zirconate-titanate (PZT). The experimental results estimate the efficiency of this device tested and identify the feasibility of their use in real world applications. The results presented in this paper show the potential of piezoelectric materials for use in power harvesting applications.

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“…WSNs can be used in several fields like home automation [6][7], health [8], biometric systems [9], industry [10][11] and road monitoring. Considering the increasing use of this technology, the researchers aim to develop architectures and techniques in order to obtain a high-performance use of WSNs in several and complex fields like Intelligent Transportation Systems.…”

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A self-powered wireless sensor network for dynamic management of queues at traffic lights

Collotta

Denaro

Scatà

et al. 2014

Transport and Telecommunication Journal

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The dynamic management of traffic light cycles is a really interesting research issue considering modern technologies, which can be used in order to optimise road junctions and then improve living conditions of the roads. Wireless sensor networks represent the most suitable technology, as they are easy to deploy and manage. The data relating to road traffic flows can be detected by the sensor network and then processed through the innovative approach, proposed in this work, in order to determine the right green times at traffic lights. Although wireless sensor networks are characterized by very low consumption devices, the continuous information transmission reduces the life cycle of the whole network. To this end, the proposed architecture provides a technique to power the sensor nodes based on piezoelectric materials, which allow producing potential energy taking advantage of the vibration produced by the passage of vehicles on the road.

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A ZigBee-based network for home heating control

Cited by 14 publications

References 9 publications

A fuzzy controller to reduce power consumption in a quadrotor helicopter for environmental monitoring

A fuzzy controller to reduce power consumption in a quadrotor helicopter for environmental monitoring

Piezoelectric energy harvesting from raised crosswalk devices

A self-powered wireless sensor network for dynamic management of queues at traffic lights

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