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Title: Wireless Sensor Network Technologies

Abstract

Wireless sensor network (WSN) technologies have become a focus of development for instrumentation and control (I&C) applications in many critical infrastructure industries. Their implementation includes factories, electric plants and distribution systems, municipal water and sewer facilities, natural gas storage and distribution facilities, and even nuclear facilities. The promise of lower installation cost combined with reliable monitoring of process parameters at virtually any location, when needed, has driven many I&C vendors to offer WSN technology. These technologies are in their infancy and have not been fully tested for security, reliability, and compatibility when used in resilient control systems. The end user now has the difficult task of selecting which technology to use and how to implement a WSN. One of the key parameters in a WSN is sensor battery life. In a WSN some sensors pass on data from other sensors that do not have a direct communication path to the process controller. This extra work takes more power from the battery which decreases the battery life.   The current work at CAES investigates how fast these batteries degrade compared to sensor batteries that do not have to process other sensor data. The result of this investigation will indicate how this effectsmore » the reliability of sensor networks.« less

Authors:
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  1. Idaho National Laboratory
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
OSTI Identifier:
1560626
Report Number(s):
INL/MIS-19-55468-Rev000
DOE Contract Number:  
AC07-05ID14517
Resource Type:
Program Document
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
47 - OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; Wireless; Sensor; Network; Instrumentation; Control; battery life

Citation Formats

Buttles, John W. Wireless Sensor Network Technologies. United States: N. p., 2019. Web.
Buttles, John W. Wireless Sensor Network Technologies. United States.
Buttles, John W. 2019. "Wireless Sensor Network Technologies". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1560626.
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abstractNote = {Wireless sensor network (WSN) technologies have become a focus of development for instrumentation and control (I&C) applications in many critical infrastructure industries. Their implementation includes factories, electric plants and distribution systems, municipal water and sewer facilities, natural gas storage and distribution facilities, and even nuclear facilities. The promise of lower installation cost combined with reliable monitoring of process parameters at virtually any location, when needed, has driven many I&C vendors to offer WSN technology. These technologies are in their infancy and have not been fully tested for security, reliability, and compatibility when used in resilient control systems. The end user now has the difficult task of selecting which technology to use and how to implement a WSN. One of the key parameters in a WSN is sensor battery life. In a WSN some sensors pass on data from other sensors that do not have a direct communication path to the process controller. This extra work takes more power from the battery which decreases the battery life.   The current work at CAES investigates how fast these batteries degrade compared to sensor batteries that do not have to process other sensor data. The result of this investigation will indicate how this effects the reliability of sensor networks.},
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year = {Mon Sep 09 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
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