Title :
Improved electrothermal model of the thermoelectric generator implemented in SPICE
Author :
Mirocha, Artur ; Dziurdzia, Piotr
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., AGH Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Cracow
Abstract :
In the paper an improved model of the thermoelectric generator (TEG) is shown. The electrothermal model was implemented into electronic circuits simulator SPICE and it was used during simulation of energy harvesting processes. In the latest version a dependence of the internal electrical resistance of the Peltier module in respect to temperature changes was introduced. Therefore, better accuracy of the model was achieved especially for small gradients of temperatures.
Keywords :
Peltier effect; SPICE; power engineering computing; thermoelectric conversion; Peltier module; SPICE; electronic circuits simulator; electrothermal model; energy harvesting processes; thermoelectric generator; Circuit simulation; Electrothermal effects; Paper technology; SPICE; Signal generators; Temperature; Thermal sensors; Thermoelectricity; Voltage; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Signals and Electronic Systems, 2008. ICSES '08. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Krakow
Print_ISBN :
978-83-88309-47-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-83-88309-52-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICSES.2008.4673424
