Micropelt's self-powered Wireless Temperature Monitoring Sensor Wins IDTechEx Award

Micropelt, Germany based world leader in micro thermoelectrics received the renowned IDTechEx Award 'Best Application of Energy Harvesting' at the sponsor's energy harvesting conference held in Munich, Germany. Micropelt wins this award for its TE-qNODE - a self-powered wireless condition monitoring sensor which helps to ensure failure-free electric power availability in 24/7 production environments. The autonomous device is powered by Micropelt's micro thermogenerators which turn waste resistive heat to electricity. It was developed for Schneider Electric, the global leader of Energy Management for its electrical distribution businesses. Fabrice Hure, VP Marketing & Offer Management - Energy & Power Services, describes the new wireless sensor solution as a "key enabler to deliver thermal monitoring Services of Low Voltage Electrical Distribution for Schneider Electric". A new service model is based on the easily deployed, maintenance-free TE-qNODE concept: Continuous temperature monitoring of low voltage busbars will allow for capturing the thermal indicators of upcoming failures. "Our experts continuously monitor the sensor signals in a central location, says Eric Jouseau, Diagnosis Expert for Service Business. "About 60% of all incidents in low voltage distribution go along with a temperature increase; TE-qNODEs let us identify that long before the situation gets out of control. The impacts on our customer's productivity and safety can be significant," he concludes. "We are proud of this award" comments Fritz Volkert, Micropelt's CEO, "even more since it appreciates one more time the value of close cooperations with our customers who make good use of our technology.