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Thermal energy is a renewable energy source to generate electrical energy that is not fully developed. One device that converts thermal energy into electrical power is a thermoelectric generator (TEG). TEGs are available as modules of various sizes and voltage levels. This paper is about the design of a battery charging system powered by a TEG panel. The TEG panel is implemented using 150 TEG modules interconnected in series and parallel. Its power is transferred to a battery using two stages of DC/DC converters. The 1st stage is a Lou converter that is used for maximum power point tracking (MPPT) by a referenced perturb and observe (referenced P&amp;O) algorithm. The 2nd stage is a bidirectional converter based on buck-boost modes of operation. The system is used to charge a 9 V 1.2 Ah battery. The proposed MPPT algorithm’s performance is compared with a traditional P&amp;O algorithm. The TEG panel provided 27.5 W at a Δ<italic>T</italic> of 30 0C. The designed system is simulated in MATLAB SIMULINK.
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Thermal energy is a renewable energy source to generate electrical energy that is not fully developed. One device that converts thermal energy into electrical power is a thermoelectric generator (TEG). TEGs are available as modules of various sizes and voltage levels. This paper is about the design of a battery charging system powered by a TEG panel. The TEG panel is implemented using 150 TEG modules interconnected in series and parallel. Its power is transferred to a battery using two stages of DC/DC converters. The 1st stage is a Lou converter that is used for maximum power point tracking (MPPT) by a referenced perturb and observe (referenced P&O) algorithm. The 2nd stage is a bidirectional converter based on buck-boost modes of operation. The system is used to charge a 9 V 1.2 Ah battery. The proposed MPPT algorithm’s performance is compared with a traditional P&O algorithm. The TEG panel provided 27.5 W at a ΔT of 30 0C. The designed system is simulated in MATLAB SIMULINK.

Design of a battery charging system fed by thermoelectric generator panels using MPPT techniques

BIT Department, College of Business Informatics

University of Information Technology and Communications

Nuclear Power Plants and Renewable Energy Sources Department

Journal of Electrical Engineering

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Thermal energy is a renewable energy source to generate electrical energy that is not fully developed. One device that converts thermal energy into electrical...

Design of a battery charging system fed by thermoelectric generator panels using MPPT techniques

Published Online: Oct 21, 2023

Page range: 357 - 364

Received: Jun 20, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2023-0043

Keywords
Battery, charging, thermoelectric generator, P&O, Referenced P&O, TEG panel

© 2023 Mustafa F. Mohammed et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Design of a battery charging system fed by thermoelectric generator panels using MPPT techniques

Published Online: Oct 21, 2023

Page range: 357 - 364

Received: Jun 20, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jee-2023-0043

KeywordsBattery, charging, thermoelectric generator, P&O, Referenced P&O, TEG panel

© 2023 Mustafa F. Mohammed et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Battery, charging, thermoelectric generator, P&O, Referenced P&O, TEG panel