DESIGN OF A LOW-INPUT-VOLTAGE CONVERTER FOR THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR

Authors
DAMASCHKE JM
Citation
Jm. Damaschke, DESIGN OF A LOW-INPUT-VOLTAGE CONVERTER FOR THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR, IEEE transactions on industry applications, 33(5), 1997, pp. 1203-1207
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering,"Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
IEEE transactions on industry applications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00939994
Volume
33
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1203 - 1207
Database
ISI
SICI code
0093-9994(1997)33:5<1203:DOALCF>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
Low-grade exhaust heat is used to provide a reliable and independent p ower source for instrumentation circuitry by means of a thermoelectric generator (TEG), A design of a self-starting dc-dc converter is devel oped and optimized for very-low-input voltages (below 300 mV) in order to allow operation at temperature differences of 20 degrees C and les s, A prototype is built, and the results are experimentally verified.