How can wireless IIoT be self-sustainable?

This study is currently in progress and will conclude by the end of 2023.

Challenge and Motivation

• Wireless IIoT and wireless sensor networks (WSN) will shape the future of industry
• With the sole use of batteries, the maintenance to replace or charge is costly, hardly manageable, and incompatible with a sustainable IIoT
• Self-sustainable sensors and self-powered sensing would revolutionize computing and digitalization in industry

Objective

• Hands-on demonstrator showcasing innovative power solutions for wireless IIoT & WSN

Procedure

• Current overview of innovative power solutions for wireless IIoT
• Design & development of a demonstrator including different power solutions and wireless IIoT systems
• Experimental study on the demonstrator to compare different power solutions and energy consumption of different sensor systems
• Analysis of current and future use cases with wireless sensors