Sensing wind for environmental and energy applications

Patrick Xie; George French; Seán O'Ríordáin; Niall Kennedy; Fiona Edwards-Murphy; Paul Leahy; Emanuel Popovici

doi:10.1049/cp.2014.0660

Sensing wind for environmental and energy applications

Patrick Xie
, George French
, Seán O'Ríordáin
, Niall Kennedy
, Fiona Edwards-Murphy
, Paul Leahy
, Emanuel Popovici

University College Cork

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Abstract

Increased interest in wireless data collection for environmental and energy applications has developed due to the recent growth in renewable energy power systems. Wireless sensor networks have improved the efficiency and ease of monitoring and reporting of environmental data and system performance from remote locations. This paper describes the development of a wireless sensor network for environmental and energy applications. An array of sensors measuring wind speed, wind direction, temperature, relative humidity and rainfall are present at a remote sensor node. A Libelium Waspmote was used to interface the weather sensors and two Raspberry Pi's were used for pre-transmission processing, data storage and web hosting. XBee-Pro 868MHz RF modules were used for the wireless communication of data between nodes. The system implemented is a robust, flexible platform for wind data sensing, particularly suitable to remote locations where renewable energy plants are often located.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IET Conference Publications
Publisher	Institution of Engineering and Technology
Pages	64-69
Number of pages	6
Edition	CP639
ISBN (Print)	9781849199247
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2014.0660
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	25th IET Irish Signals and Systems Conference, ISSC 2014 and China-Ireland International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies, CIICT 2014 - Limerick, Ireland Duration: 26 Jun 2014 → 27 Jun 2014

Publication series

Name	IET Conference Publications
Number	CP639
Volume	2014

Conference

Conference	25th IET Irish Signals and Systems Conference, ISSC 2014 and China-Ireland International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies, CIICT 2014
Country/Territory	Ireland
City	Limerick
Period	26/06/14 → 27/06/14

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

Embedded systems
Environmental wireless sensor networks
LiDAR
Ultrasonic anemometry

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Xie, P, French, G, O'Ríordáin, S, Kennedy, N, Edwards-Murphy, F, Leahy, P & Popovici, E 2014, Sensing wind for environmental and energy applications. in IET Conference Publications. CP639 edn, IET Conference Publications, no. CP639, vol. 2014, Institution of Engineering and Technology, pp. 64-69, 25th IET Irish Signals and Systems Conference, ISSC 2014 and China-Ireland International Conference on Information and Communications Technologies, CIICT 2014, Limerick, Ireland, 26/06/14. https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2014.0660

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