Machine Condition Monitoring with Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks

2017 ◽  
pp. 23-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil W. Bergmann ◽  
Liqun Hou
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Condition Monitoring ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Machine Condition ◽  
Industrial Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Machine Condition Monitoring

scholarly journals Energy Harvesting Technologies for Achieving Self-Powered Wireless Sensor Networks in Machine Condition Monitoring: A Review

Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 4113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoli Tang ◽  
Xianghong Wang ◽  
Robert Cattley ◽  
Fengshou Gu ◽  
Andrew Ball
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Sensor Networks ◽  
Sensor Networks ◽  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Condition Monitoring ◽  
Wireless Sensor ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Field Energy ◽  
Machine Condition ◽  
Machine Condition Monitoring ◽  
Harvesting Systems

Condition monitoring can reduce machine breakdown losses, increase productivity and operation safety, and therefore deliver significant benefits to many industries. The emergence of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) with smart processing ability play an ever-growing role in online condition monitoring of machines. WSNs are cost-effective networking systems for machine condition monitoring. It avoids cable usage and eases system deployment in industry, which leads to significant savings. Powering the nodes is one of the major challenges for a true WSN system, especially when positioned at inaccessible or dangerous locations and in harsh environments. Promising energy harvesting technologies have attracted the attention of engineers because they convert microwatt or milliwatt level power from the environment to implement maintenance-free machine condition monitoring systems with WSNs. The motivation of this review is to investigate the energy sources, stimulate the application of energy harvesting based WSNs, and evaluate the improvement of energy harvesting systems for mechanical condition monitoring. This paper overviews the principles of a number of energy harvesting technologies applicable to industrial machines by investigating the power consumption of WSNs and the potential energy sources in mechanical systems. Many models or prototypes with different features are reviewed, especially in the mechanical field. Energy harvesting technologies are evaluated for further development according to the comparison of their advantages and disadvantages. Finally, a discussion of the challenges and potential future research of energy harvesting systems powering WSNs for machine condition monitoring is made.

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