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Available Energy in Cars’ Exhaust System for IoT Remote Exhaust Gas Sensor and Piezoelectric Harvesting

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  • Francesco Madaro

    (Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 73010 Arnesano (LE), Italy)

  • Iman Mehdipour

    (Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 73010 Arnesano (LE), Italy)

  • Antonio Caricato

    (Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’ Innovazione, Università del Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy)

  • Francesco Guido

    (Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 73010 Arnesano (LE), Italy)

  • Francesco Rizzi

    (Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 73010 Arnesano (LE), Italy)

  • Antonio Paolo Carlucci

    (Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’ Innovazione, Università del Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy)

  • Massimo De Vittorio

    (Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, 73010 Arnesano (LE), Italy)

Abstract

The exhaust system of the light-duty diesel engine has been evaluated as a potential environment for a mechanical energy recovery system for powering an IoT (Internet of Things) remote sensor. Temperature, pressure, gas speed, mass flow rate have been measured in order to characterize the exhaust gas. At any engine point explored, thermal energy is by far the most dominant portion of the exhaust energy, followed by the pressure energy and lastly kinetic energy is the smallest fraction of the exhaust energy. A piezoelectric flexible device has been tested as a possible candidate as an energy harvester converting the kinetic energy of the exhaust gas flow, with a promising amount of electrical energy generated in the order of microjoules for an urban or extra-urban circuit.

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  • Francesco Madaro & Iman Mehdipour & Antonio Caricato & Francesco Guido & Francesco Rizzi & Antonio Paolo Carlucci & Massimo De Vittorio, 2020. "Available Energy in Cars’ Exhaust System for IoT Remote Exhaust Gas Sensor and Piezoelectric Harvesting," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(16), pages 1-15, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:13:y:2020:i:16:p:4169-:d:397884
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