Wireless ISFET pH Sensor Network for Offshore Microalgae Cultivation

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Malinowski ◽  
Patrick Wiley ◽  
Jonathan Trent ◽  
Emil J. Geiger
Keyword(s):  
Sensor Network ◽  
Wireless Network ◽  
Ph Monitoring ◽  
Ph Sensor ◽  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
Growth Conditions ◽  
Glass Electrode ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Transportation Fuel ◽  
The Many

Microalgae technology continues to show tremendous promise for becoming a major source of renewable transportation fuel in the coming decades. However, for microalgae to provide a significant fraction of the current US demand for fuel, their cultivation will be required on an enormous scale. One of the many formidable challenges that must be met to achieve this scale is the development of appropriate sensor networks to provide information about the growth conditions and the algae themselves. These sensors would monitor the heterogeneity of a) environmental parameters, such as pH, oxygen, and nutrient levels and b) algal characteristics such as size, oil content, and viability. Here we present a wireless sensor network to measure the local pH in NASA OMEGA project (Offshore Membrane Enclosures for Growing Algae). The pH is measured using Ion Sensitive Field Effect Transistor (ISFET) technology, which is more robust and has a faster response than traditional glass pH electrodes. A custom circuit drives the ISFET sensor and interfaces with an ANT wireless network system. The wireless network consists of a network hub which can service up to 8 sensor nodes and a series of relays to transmit the data to a PC. The data is logged with a custom LabVIEW program. In this work, we demonstrate operation of this network using a single ISFET pH sensor, one hub, and two relay units. The performance of the pH sensor network is evaluated and compared in parallel with an existing wired glass electrode based pH monitoring system at the NASA OMEGA project.

scholarly journals A Wireless Gas Sensor Network to Monitor Indoor Environmental Quality in Schools

Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 4345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alvaro Ortiz Perez ◽  
Benedikt Bierer ◽  
Louisa Scholz ◽  
Jürgen Wöllenstein ◽  
Stefan Palzer
Keyword(s):  
Sensor Network ◽  
Gas Sensor ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Indoor Environmental Quality ◽  
Monitoring And Control ◽  
And Control

Schools are amongst the most densely occupied indoor areas and at the same time children and young adults are the most vulnerable group with respect to adverse health effects as a result of poor environmental conditions. Health, performance and well-being of pupils crucially depend on indoor environmental quality (IEQ) of which air quality and thermal comfort are central pillars. This makes the monitoring and control of environmental parameters in classes important. At the same time most school buildings do neither feature automated, intelligent heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems nor suitable IEQ monitoring systems. In this contribution, we therefore investigate the capabilities of a novel wireless gas sensor network to determine carbon dioxide concentrations, along with temperature and humidity. The use of a photoacoustic detector enables the construction of long-term stable, miniaturized, LED-based non-dispersive infrared absorption spectrometers without the use of a reference channel. The data of the sensor nodes is transmitted via a Z-Wave protocol to a central gateway, which in turn sends the data to a web-based platform for online analysis. The results show that it is difficult to maintain adequate IEQ levels in class rooms even when ventilating frequently and that individual monitoring and control of rooms is necessary to combine energy savings and good IEQ.

A Novel Self-Healing Optical Fiber Network

2013 ◽  
Vol 330 ◽  
pp. 553-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi Zhou ◽  
Jian Ping He ◽  
Jin Ping Ou ◽  
Hai Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Structural Health Monitoring ◽  
Optical Fiber ◽  
Sensor Network ◽  
Health Monitoring ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Self Healing ◽  
Fiber Network ◽  
Structural Health

The safety and reliability of critical civil infrastructures have been a major concern in all countries around the world. However, structural health monitoring (SHM) still faces a number of challenges, particularly in the area of in-and post-disaster monitoring. In addition, due to the large scale in dimension and complexity in geometry of a typical civil structure, a large number of embedded sensors are required to measure various structural and environmental parameters under normal and extreme conditions. To enhance the survivability of a sensor network for life-cycle structural health monitoring (SHM), this paper presents a novel self-healing sensor network. One Spider Orb-Web or network and one hybrid optical fiber (OF) system by combining the local and distributed OF technologies are designed to enhance the functionality of self-healing. Furthermore, three local self-healing sensor nodes, which use light switches or couplers, are designed to maintain the measuring connectivity at hot stress point. Finally, A simple Brillouin sensing network with self-healing nodes is constructed and then validated by the strain measurements of a three-point bend beam. The results show that by using self-healing sensors nodes, the stress state of the RC beam can be successively detected, even when some sensors fail or when the sensing line is broken.

Developing Multi-Tier Network Design for Effective Energy Consumption of Cluster Head Selection in WSN

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 116
Author(s):  
Wan Isni Sofiah Wan Din ◽  
Saadiah Yahya ◽  
Mohd Nasir Taib ◽  
Ahmad Ihsan Mohd Yassin ◽  
Razulaimi Razali
Keyword(s):  
Sensor Network ◽  
Clustering Algorithm ◽  
Cluster Head ◽  
Residual Energy ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Cluster Head Selection ◽  
Energy Usage ◽  
Network Cluster ◽  
Fuzzy Logic Approach ◽  
The Stability

Clustering in Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is one of the methods to minimize the energy usage of sensor network. The design of sensor network itself can prolong the lifetime of network. Cluster head in each cluster is an important part in clustering to ensure the lifetime of each sensor node can be preserved as it acts as an intermediary node between the other sensors. Sensor nodes have the limitation of its battery where the battery is impossible to be replaced once it has been deployed. Thus, this paper presents an improvement of clustering algorithm for two-tier network as we named it as Multi-Tier Algorithm (MAP). For the cluster head selection, fuzzy logic approach has been used which it can minimize the energy usage of sensor nodes hence maximize the network lifetime. MAP clustering approach used in this paper covers the average of 100Mx100M network and involves three parameters that worked together in order to select the cluster head which are residual energy, communication cost and centrality. It is concluded that, MAP dominant the lifetime of WSN compared to LEACH and SEP protocols. For the future work, the stability of this algorithm can be verified in detailed via different data and energy. 

An Effective Congestion Control Algorithm based on Traffic Assignment and Reassignment in Wireless Sensor Network

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 1166-1174
Author(s):  
Chao Wang
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Network ◽  
Congestion Control ◽  
Sensor Network ◽  
Traffic Assignment ◽  
Transmission Rate ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Congestion Detection ◽  
Detection Technology ◽  
Average Transmission

Background: It is important to improve the quality of service by using congestion detection technology to find the potential congestion as early as possible in wireless sensor network. Methods: So an improved congestion control scheme based on traffic assignment and reassignment algorithm is proposed for congestion avoidance, detection and mitigation. The congestion area of the network is detected by predicting and setting threshold. When the congestion occurs, sensor nodes can be recovery quickly from congestion by adopting reasonable method of traffic reassignment. And the method can ensure the data in the congestion areas can be transferred to noncongestion areas as soon as possible. Results: The simulation results indicate that the proposed scheme can reduce the number of loss packets, improve the throughput, stabilize the average transmission rate of source node and reduce the end-to-end delay. Conclusion: : So the proposed scheme can enhance the overall performance of the network. Keywords: wireless sensor network; congestion control; congestion detection; congestion mitigation; traffic assignment; traffic reassignment.

A Study of Malware Propagation Dynamics in Wireless Sensor Network using Spatially Correlated Security Model

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satya Ranjan Biswal ◽  
Santosh Kumar Swain
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Network ◽  
Sensor Network ◽  
Wireless Network ◽  
Spatial Correlation ◽  
Malicious Code ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Epidemic Theory ◽  
Malware Propagation ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Propagation Dynamics

: Security is one of the important concern in both types of the network. The network may be wired or wireless. In case of wireless network security provisioning is more difficult in comparison to wired network. Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is also a type of wireless network. And due to resource constraints WSN is vulnerable against malware attacks. Initially, the malware (virus, worm, malicious code, etc.) targets a single node of WSN for attack. When a node of WSN gets infected then automatically start to spread in the network. If nodes are strongly correlated the malware spreads quickly in the network. On the other hand, if nodes are weakly correlated the speed of malware spread is slow. A mathematical model is proposed for the study of malware propagation dynamics in WSN with combination of spatial correlation and epidemic theory. This model is based on epidemic theory with spatial correlation. The proposed model is Susceptible-Exposed-Infectious-Recover-Dead (SEIRD) with spatial correlation. We deduced the expression of basic reproduction number. It helps in the study of malware propagation dynamics in WSN. The stability analysis of the network has been investigated through proposed model. This model also helps in reduction of redundant information and saving of sensor nodes’ energy in WSN. The theoretical investigation verified by simulation results. A spatial correlation based epidemic model has been formulated for the study of dynamic behaviour of malware attacks in WSN.

scholarly journals A Remote Monitoring System of Logistics Carrier Based on Wireless Sensor Network

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (01) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Wang Weidong
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Network ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Sensor Network ◽  
Monitoring System ◽  
Remote Monitoring ◽  
Monitoring Network ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Remote Monitoring System ◽  
Monitoring Center

To improve the efficiency of the remote monitoring system for logistics transportation, we proposed a remote monitoring system based on wireless sensor network and GPRS communication. The system can collect information from the wireless sensor network and transmit the information to the ZigBee interpreter. The monitoring system mainly includes the following parts: Car terminal, GPRS transmission network and monitoring center. Car terminal mainly consists by the Zigbee microcontroller and peripherals, wireless sensor nodes, RFID reader, GPRS wireless communication module composed of a micro-wireless monitoring network. The information collected by the sensor communicates through the GPRS and the monitoring center on the network coordinator, sends the collected information to the monitoring center, and the monitoring center realizes the information of the logistics vehicle in real time. The system has high applicability, meets the design requirements in the real-time acquisition and information transmission of the information of the logistics transport vehicles and goods, and realizes the function of remote monitoring.

scholarly journals Optimization strategy of wireless charger node deployment based on improved cuckoo search algorithm

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Wang ◽  
Feifan Wang ◽  
Yujun Zhu ◽  
Yiyang Liu ◽  
Chuanxin Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Sensor Network ◽  
Sensor Node ◽  
Search Algorithm ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Cuckoo Search ◽  
Cuckoo Search Algorithm ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Optimization Strategy ◽  
Multi Objective ◽  
Received Power

AbstractIn wireless rechargeable sensor network, the deployment of charger node directly affects the overall charging utility of sensor network. Aiming at this problem, this paper abstracts the charger deployment problem as a multi-objective optimization problem that maximizes the received power of sensor nodes and minimizes the number of charger nodes. First, a network model that maximizes the sensor node received power and minimizes the number of charger nodes is constructed. Second, an improved cuckoo search (ICS) algorithm is proposed. This algorithm is based on the traditional cuckoo search algorithm (CS) to redefine its step factor, and then use the mutation factor to change the nesting position of the host bird to update the bird’s nest position, and then use ICS to find the ones that maximize the received power of the sensor node and minimize the number of charger nodes optimal solution. Compared with the traditional cuckoo search algorithm and multi-objective particle swarm optimization algorithm, the simulation results show that the algorithm can effectively increase the receiving power of sensor nodes, reduce the number of charger nodes and find the optimal solution to meet the conditions, so as to maximize the network charging utility.

Handling Failures of Static Sensor Nodes in Wireless Sensor Network by Use of Mobile Sensors

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edison Pignaton de Freitas ◽  
Tales Heimfarth ◽  
Ivayr Farah Netto ◽  
Carlos Eduardo Pereira ◽  
Armando Morado Ferreira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Network ◽  
Sensor Network ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Mobile Sensors ◽  
Wireless Sensor

SE: A Simple and Efficient Strategy for Clustering and Routing in WSN

2014 ◽  
Vol 701-702 ◽  
pp. 1025-1028
Author(s):  
Yu Zhu Liang ◽  
Meng Jiao Wang ◽  
Yong Zhen Li
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Network ◽  
Sensor Network ◽  
Routing Protocols ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Network Performance ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Clustering Method ◽  
Position Information ◽  
Two Parameters

Clustering the sensor nodes and choosing the way for routing the data are two key elements that would affect the performance of a wireless sensor network (WSN). In this paper, a novel clustering method is proposed and a simple two-hop routing model is adopted for optimizing the network layer of the WSN. New protocol is characterized by simplicity and efficiency (SE). During the clustering stage, no information needs to be shared among the nodes and the position information is not required. Through adjustment of two parameters in SE, the network on any scale (varies from the area and the number of nodes) could obtain decent performance. This work also puts forward a new standard for the evaluation of the network performance—the uniformity of the nodes' death—which is a complement to merely taking the system lifetime into consideration. The combination of these two aspects provides a more comprehensive guideline for designing the clustering or routing protocols in WSN.

Technology Research on the Fault Diagnosis of Wireless Sensor Network System

2013 ◽  
Vol 846-847 ◽  
pp. 442-445
Author(s):  
Chun Lin He
Keyword(s):  
Fault Diagnosis ◽  
Sensor Network ◽  
Simulation Experiment ◽  
Temporal Correlation ◽  
Sensor Nodes ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Network System ◽  
Technology Research ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Network Fault

The fault diagnosis technology have emerged and developed rapidly with the development of wireless sensor networks and requirements of applications improve. This paper describes two commonly used sensor network fault modeling. What is more, in order to solve this problem that sensor nodes are vulnerable and therefore produce wrong data, the paper proposes a distributed fault detecting algorithm based on spatio-temporal correlation among data of adjacent nodes. The simulation experiment shows that the algorithm can efficiently detect errors in the network and very few errors are introduced.

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