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Piezo Energy Harvesting to WSN at ITT

Mr Robin Padden, Senior Staff Engineer
ITT Acoustic Systems
United States
 
 
This presentation was given at Energy Harvesting & Storage USA 2010 on Nov 17, 2010.
 

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Presentation Summary

  • Web-based real time condition based monitoring (CBM) for vibrating equipment.
  • Powered by energy harvested from small machine vibrations by piezoelectric energy harvesters - no batteries
  • Data gathered by wireless sensor network - no cables
  • Live wireless pump CBM demo

Speaker Biography (Robin Padden)

Robin Padden is a senior staff electrical engineer at ITT Corporation's Acoustic Systems Division in Salt Lake City, Utah. He has a MSEE from Stanford University and a Bachelor's in electrical engineering from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Mr. Padden's experience includes linear and switching sonar power amplifier, preamplifier, T/R switch and power supply designs along with resolving EMI issues in systems that utilize the same. He is listed as inventor on several patents in these fields.

Company Profile (ITT Acoustic Systems)

ITT-Acoustic Systems, located in Salt Lake City, UT, is North America's largest supplier of piezoelectric ceramic. For the last 60 years ITT, formerly EDO, has provided piezo ceramics and integrated systems to the commercial and military markets. ITT Acoustic Systems has applied our advanced piezo ceramic materials and processing knowledge to the Energy Harvesting Market. Development of complete systems from the energy harvester to web based reporting tools is no longer a vision but within the grasp and capability of ITT - Acoustic Systems and ITT-Industrial Products. ITT - "Engineered for life".