DocumentCode
3530260
Title
A thermoelectric power generation system with ultra low input voltage boost converter with maximum power point tracking
Author
Hidaka, Akira ; Tsuji, Takao ; Matsumoto, Shinichi
Author_Institution
Kyusyu Inst. of Technol., Kitakyusyu, Japan
fYear
2012
fDate
11-14 Nov. 2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
5
Abstract
In this paper, we propose a thermoelectric power generation system with highly efficient ultra low input boost converter having MPPT. The proposed converter starts at input voltage of less than 0.5V and is useful for the thermoelectric power generation system. MPPT is also effective for this system and its tracking efficiency is nearly 100 %. The proposed system effectively draws the power from thermal energy source.
Keywords
maximum power point trackers; thermoelectric conversion; MPPT; boost converter; thermal energy source; thermoelectric power generation system; tracking efficiency; Cooling; Energy harvesting; Generators; Low voltage; Maximum power point tracking; Wireless sensor networks;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Nagasaki
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-2328-4
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4673-2329-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICRERA.2012.6477474
Filename
6477474
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