Thermoelectrical energy harvesting system: Modelling, simulation and implementation

Author

Cernaianu, Mihail Octavian ; Cirstea, Cosmin ; Gontean, Aurel

Author_Institution

Appl. Electron. Dept., “Politeh.” Univ. of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania

fYear

2012

fDate

15-16 Nov. 2012

Firstpage

67

Lastpage

70

Abstract

This paper presents a thermoelectrical energy harvesting system SPICE simulation that is using thermoelectrical generators (TEGs). The authors propose an improved TEG thermoelectrical model that takes into account the parameter variations. A specialized boost DC-DC converter is used to store the harvested energy into a Li-Ion rechargeable battery. An autonomous maximum power point tracking (MPPT) system that is able to harvest the maximum energy delivered by the TEG is proposed and simulated.

Keywords

energy harvesting; maximum power point trackers; secondary cells; thermoelectric conversion; SPICE simulation; TEG thermoelectrical model; autonomous maximum power point tracking; boost DC-DC converter; rechargeable battery; thermoelectrical energy harvesting system; thermoelectrical generators; Batteries; Energy harvesting; Integrated circuit modeling; Maximum power point tracking; Resistance heating; Resistors; SPICE; MPPT; SPICE simulation; energy harvesting; thermoelectric generator; thermoelectrical model;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics and Telecommunications (ISETC), 2012 10th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Timisoara

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1177-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISETC.2012.6408047

Filename

6408047