A MPPT control method of thermoelectric power generation with single sensor

Author

Yamada, Hiroyoshi ; Kimura, K. ; Hanamoto, T. ; Ishiyama, Tomoaki ; Sakaguchi, T. ; Takahashi, Tatsuro

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Life Sci. & Syst. Eng., Kyushu Inst. of Technol., Fukuoka, Japan

fYear

2013

fDate

22-25 April 2013

Firstpage

936

Lastpage

941

Abstract

In this paper, we describe a MPPT control method for thermoelectric power generation with single sensor. Estimating the output of the thermoelectric power module (TM) using state space averaging method, the MPPT controller can track the maximum power point. Analyzing the thermoelectric power generation system with boost chopper by state space averaging method, the output of the TM estimates with only current sensor. A prototype experimental model is constructed and tested. The experimental results demonstrate that that the proposed MPPT controller can track the maximum power point perfectly.

Keywords

choppers (circuits); electric sensing devices; maximum power point trackers; power generation control; thermoelectric conversion; waste-to-energy power plants; MPPT control method; TM estimation; boost chopper; current sensor; maximum power point; state space averaging method; thermoelectric power generation system; thermoelectric power module; Aerospace electronics; Choppers (circuits); Equations; Mathematical model; Maximum power point trackers; Simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics and Drive Systems (PEDS), 2013 IEEE 10th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kitakyushu

ISSN

2164-5256

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1790-0

Electronic_ISBN

2164-5256

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PEDS.2013.6527152

Filename

6527152