Study of Energy Harvesting in Aeronautic Applications

Motivation of this study was to clarify the possible solutions to reduce the number of general aircraft security controls with keeping the required safety of flight operations. Among the appropriate approach to solving the problem seems to be the use of energy harvesting devices to power wireless monitoring system of aircraft structures during their operation. The work deals with the various alternatives of using the ambient energy available in the general air transport and processing methods. The study also includes the selection of a particular type of processing available ambient energy and determination of parameters of selected energy-harvesting generator using simulation modeling and performance to meet the power requirements of monitoring system sensors