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Energy Harvesting Technologies and Market Opportunities

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Energy harvesting (EH) is a process in which ambient energies are utilized to form effective energies using various advanced techniques. Growing demand for energy in major end-use industries and green powered technologies are expected to drive the overall EH market. Indeed, the significant growth of the market can be attributed to the increasing installation of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) and Internet of Things (IoT) which are expected to boost the EH market through increasing self-powered sensors. In general, this chapter investigates the EH framework based on energy sources and technologies, intelligent solutions, and market opportunities.

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Abbreviations

AP:

Access point

BS:

Base station

CH:

Cluster head

D2D:

Device-to-device

EE:

Energy efficiency

EH:

Energy harvesting

HER:

Energy harvesting rate

EHT:

Energy harvesting technology

FIS:

Fuzzy inference system

FQLA:

Fuzzy Q-learning algorithm

HetNet:

Heterogeneous network

ICT:

Information and communication technology

IoT:

Internet of Things

GHG:

Greenhouse gas

M2M:

Machine-to-machine

PS:

Power station

QLA:

Q-learning algorithm

QoS:

Quality of service

RF:

Radio frequency

RL:

Reinforcement learning

RPS:

Renewable power supplier

RES:

Renewable energy source

SG:

Smart grid

WPT:

Wireless power transfer

WSN:

Wireless sensor network

UDN:

Ultradense network

UE:

User equipment

UWB:

Ultrawide band

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