| Title |
Buck-Boost DC to DC Converter for Thermoelectric Generator with Constant Output Voltage |
| Authors |
조성규(Cho, Sung-Kyu) ; 박순서(Park, Soon-Seo) ; 김지곤(Kim, Ji-Gon) ; 남기훈(Nam, Ki-Hun) ; 김시호(Kim, Shi-Ho) |
| Keywords |
DC-DC converter ; Thermoelectric generator ; Buck-boost converter ; MPPT |
| Abstract |
We have proposed and fabricated a Buck-Boost DC to DC Converter for Thermoelectric generator (TEG) with constant output voltage suitable for battery chargers or constant voltage supplies in the range of several watt. The experimental and simulation results have shown that the proposed method allows stable operation with maximum 86% power transfer efficiency. The proposed circuit has a merit in cost and miniaturization of a system compared to conventional MPPT algorithms, because the proposed method adopts only analog circuit without DSP or micro controller unit for calculating peak power point by iterative methods. |