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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2017.18.9.436

Maximum Power Point Tracking operation of Thermoelectric Module without Current Sensor  

Kim, Tae-Kyung (Korea University of Technology and Education)
Park, Dae-Su (Korea University of Technology and Education)
Oh, Sung-Chul (Korea University of Technology and Education)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.18, no.9, 2017 , pp. 436-443 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, the development of new energy technologies has become a hot topic due to problems,such as global warming. Unlike renewable energy technologies, such as solar energy generation, solar power, and wind power, which are optimized to achieve medium or above output power, the output power of energy harvesting technology is very small and has not received much attention. On the other hand, as the mobile industry has been revitalized recently, the utility of energy harvesting technology has been reevaluated. In addition, the technology of tracking the maximum power point has been actively researched. This paper proposes a new MPPT(Maximum Power Point Tracking) control method for a TEM(thermoelectric module) for load resistance. The V-I curve characteristics and internal resistance of TEM were analyzed and the conventional MPPT control methods were compared. The P&O(Perturbation and Observation) control method is more accurate, but it is less economical than the CV (Constant Voltage)control method because it usestwo sensors to measure the voltage and current source. The CV control method is superior to the P&O control method in economic aspects because it uses only one voltage sensor but the MPP is not matched precisely. In this paper, a method wasdesigned to track the MPP of TEM combining the advantages of the two control method. The proposed MPPT control method wasverified by PSIM simulation and H/W implementation.
Keywords
Boost Converter; Energy harvesting; MPPT; P&O method; Energy harvesting;
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