Energy harvesting from Indian commercial power line: An application in smart grid
In this research paper, a new technology of energy method based on stray electric field of an electric power line of India at 230 V is presented. This energy can be used for low power wireless sensor and in future it can be used in charging smart phone etc. In our research we found that energy can be harvested and stored in the storage capacitor that is connected to a cylindrical aluminum foil wrapped around a commercial insulated 230 V power line. The average current flowing into 47 μF storage capacitor is about 4.54 μA with 60 cm long cylindrical aluminum foil.