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Nowadays smart farming is shifting toward electrical energy use in agricultural application. Solar voltaic technology is common on the farmland to supply primary energy to farm as well as to the wireless sensor networks. Biomass energy harvesting includes biomass gasification, biogas-based power generation, thermoelectric generation, small hydro, solar heat pump, fuel cells, etc.
Automation, Internet of things (IoT), and remote sensing are integrated part of the machineries used in smart agriculture. Many sensors and computer-based devices used in precision farming and smart farming are based on embedded energy harvesting systems based on the basic methods like piezoelectric energy harvester, thermoelectric generators, radio frequency harvester, pyroelectric generator, etc. Different energy sources like deviation in the soft kind of materials, vibrations, RF energy, solar energy, body heat, body motion, etc. can produce energy density in the range of 3.61–800 mW/cm3. This chapter is focused on the overview of types of energy harvesting systems and integrated technologies for various agricultural monitoring and postharvest operations.
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Jadhav, S.K., Shreelavaniya, R. (2023). Energy Harvesting Systems for Agricultural Needs. In: Nella, A., Bhowmick, A., Kumar, C., Rajagopal, M. (eds) Energy Harvesting Trends for Low Power Compact Electronic Devices. EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35965-1_6
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