Method and System for Operating a Sensor Device

A system and method for operating a sensor device includes generating an electrical energy corresponding to a heat dissipated from a surface of an equipment, regulating the electrical energy to generate an optimum output voltage using a maximum power point tracking technique and feeding the optimum output voltage to charge an energy storage device, triggering a sensor device to acquire sensor data when a charge stored in the energy storage device is equal to or greater than a pre-defined threshold value, and transmitting the sensor data to a receiving device.