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LAPSE:2023.30691
A Sustainable Forage-Grass-Power Fuel Cell Solution for Edge-Computing Wireless Sensing Processing in Agriculture 4.0 Applications
April 17, 2023
Intelligent sensing systems based on the edge-computing paradigm are essential for the implementation of Internet of Things (IoT) and Agriculture 4.0 applications. The development of edge-computing wireless sensing systems is required to improve the sensor’s accuracy in soil and data interpretation. Therefore, measuring and processing data at the edge, rather than sending it back to a data center or the cloud, is still an important issue in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). The challenge under this paradigm is to achieve a sustainable operation of the wireless sensing system powered with alternative renewable energy sources, such as plant microbial fuel cells (PMFCs). Consequently, the motivation of this study is to develop a sustainable forage-grass-power fuel cell solution to power an IoT Long-Range (LoRa) network for soil monitoring. The stenotaphrum secundatum grass plant is used as a microbial fuel cell proof of concept, implemented in a 0.015 m3-chamber with carbon plates as electrodes. The BQ25570 integrated circuit is employed to harvest the energy in a 4 F supercapacitor, which achieves a maximum generation capacity of 1.8 mW. The low-cost pH SEN0169 and the SHT10 temperature and humidity sensors are deployed to analyze the soil parameters. Following the edge-computing paradigm, the inverse problem methodology fused with a system identification solution is conducted, correcting the sensor errors due to non-linear hysteresis responses. An energy power management strategy is also programmed in the MSP430FR5994 microcontroller unit, achieving average power consumption of 1.51 mW, ∼19% less than the energy generated by the forage-grass-power fuel cell. Experimental results also demonstrate the energy sustainability capacity achieving a total of 18 consecutive transmissions with the LoRa network without the system’s shutting down.
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Agriculture 4.0, edge computing, energy harvesting, IoT, plant microbial fuel cells, wireless sensor networks
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Estrada-López JJ, Vázquez-Castillo J, Castillo-Atoche A, Osorio-de-la-Rosa E, Heredia-Lozano J, Castillo-Atoche A. A Sustainable Forage-Grass-Power Fuel Cell Solution for Edge-Computing Wireless Sensing Processing in Agriculture 4.0 Applications. (2023). LAPSE:2023.30691
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Estrada-López JJ: Faculty of Mathematics, Autonomous University of Yucatan, Mérida 97000, Mexico [ORCID]
Vázquez-Castillo J: Informatics and Networking Department, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Quintana Roo, Chetumal 77019, Mexico [ORCID]
Castillo-Atoche A: Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida, Mérida 97118, Mexico [ORCID]
Osorio-de-la-Rosa E: Informatics and Networking Department, CONACYT-Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Quintana Roo, Chetumal 77019, Mexico [ORCID]
Heredia-Lozano J: Mechatronics Department, Autonomous University of Yucatan, Mérida 97000, Mexico [ORCID]
Castillo-Atoche A: Mechatronics Department, Autonomous University of Yucatan, Mérida 97000, Mexico [ORCID]
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Energies
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16
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7
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2943
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2023
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2023-03-23
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1996-1073
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