Publication detail

Passing Train as Source of Energy for Autonomous LoRa Monitoring System

HADAŠ, Z. RUBEŠ, O. KŠICA, F. MAJER, Z. MONCMAN, M. CHALUPA, J.

English title

Passing Train as Source of Energy for Autonomous LoRa Monitoring System

Type

conference paper

Language

en

Original abstract

This paper deals with a concept of an autonomous railway monitoring system with energy harvesting source of electric energy. There are several ambient sources of energy on trackside which could be converted into useful electricity for autonomous sensors and electronics. A waste energy of passing train is occurred in form of a rail and sleeper mechanical vibrations. The kinetic energy of mechanical vibration could be transformed into useful electricity in time of passing trains. The presented kinetic energy harvesting device could provide autonomous source of energy for sensing and communication modules. The lab test of energy harvesting device and the autonomous operation of sensing system with communication is presented. The presented system was successfully tested with LoRa module, which could operate for a distance of a few kilometres, and it could transfer information about track condition or dynamic load, e.g. axle counting or vibration monitoring.

English abstract

This paper deals with a concept of an autonomous railway monitoring system with energy harvesting source of electric energy. There are several ambient sources of energy on trackside which could be converted into useful electricity for autonomous sensors and electronics. A waste energy of passing train is occurred in form of a rail and sleeper mechanical vibrations. The kinetic energy of mechanical vibration could be transformed into useful electricity in time of passing trains. The presented kinetic energy harvesting device could provide autonomous source of energy for sensing and communication modules. The lab test of energy harvesting device and the autonomous operation of sensing system with communication is presented. The presented system was successfully tested with LoRa module, which could operate for a distance of a few kilometres, and it could transfer information about track condition or dynamic load, e.g. axle counting or vibration monitoring.

Keywords in English

Trackside, Vibration, Sensing, Energy Harvesting, Communication.

Released

22.08.2022

Publisher

Elsevier

Location

Montpellier

Pages count

8

BIBTEX


@inproceedings{BUT181485,
  author="Zdeněk {Hadaš} and Petr {Hadraba} and Ondřej {Rubeš} and Filip {Kšica} and Stanislav {Věchet} and Zdeněk {Majer} and Marek {Moncman} and Jan {Chalupa},
  title="Passing Train as Source of Energy for Autonomous LoRa Monitoring System",
  year="2022",
  month="August",
  publisher="Elsevier",
  address="Montpellier"
}