Resource management tools based on renewable energy sources

Tomasz Jannson; Thomas Forrester; Pedram Boghrat; Ranjit Pradhan; Andrew Kostrzewski

doi:10.1117/12.920333

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18 June 2012 Resource management tools based on renewable energy sources

Tomasz Jannson; Thomas Forrester; Pedram Boghrat; Ranjit Pradhan; Andrew Kostrzewski

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Proceedings Volume 8359, Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense XI; 83590K (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.920333
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2012, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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Renewable energy is an important source of power for unattended sensors (ground, sea, air), tagging systems, and other remote platforms for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense. Also, Command, Control, Communication, and Intelligence (C3I) systems and technologies often require renewable energy sources for information assurance (IA), in general, and anti-tampering (AT), in particular. However, various geophysical and environmental conditions determine different types of energy harvesting: solar, thermal, vibration, acoustic, hydraulic, wind, and others. Among them, solar energy is usually preferable, but, both a solar habitat and the necessity for night operation can create a need for other types of renewable energy. In this paper, we introduce figures of merit (FoMs) for evaluating preferences of specific energy sources, as resource management tools, based on geophysical conditions. Also, Battery Systemic Modeling is discussed.

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Tomasz Jannson, Thomas Forrester, Pedram Boghrat, Ranjit Pradhan, and Andrew Kostrzewski "Resource management tools based on renewable energy sources", Proc. SPIE 8359, Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense XI, 83590K (18 June 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.920333

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