DocumentCode
2273974
Title
Simulation of an energy harvesting circuit for low power application
Author
Sofwan bin Mohd Resali, Mohd ; Salleh, Hanim
Author_Institution
Mech. Eng. Dept., Univ. Tenaga Nat. (UNITEN), Kajang, Malaysia
fYear
2010
fDate
27-29 Oct. 2010
Firstpage
898
Lastpage
902
Abstract
One of the challenges in harvesting energy from ambient is to convert and store the usable power effectively. In this context, there is a need to understand and design an efficient energy harvesting power management circuitry. In view of the issues, this paper focuses on the simulation of an energy harvesting circuit for low power application. The circuit consists of a full-bridge AC-DC rectifier as target for the power input Pin more than 10 mW, energy storage super capacitor by using switch-mode charge capacitor method, comparator or voltage multiplier circuit as to let the storage capacitor to store at the enough power before supply it to the load circuit and micro-power step-down regulator with a single supply voltage in the range of 3.2 - 34 V.
Keywords
AC-DC power convertors; energy harvesting; supercapacitors; voltage multipliers; energy harvesting circuit; energy storage super capacitor; full bridge AC DC rectifier; micropower step down regulator; power management circuitry; switch mode charge capacitor method; voltage 3.2 V to 34 V; voltage multiplier circuit; Capacitors; Energy harvesting; Generators; Rectifiers; Regulators; Voltage control; Wireless sensor networks; AC-DC rectifier; comparator; component; energy storage super capacitor; step-down regulator;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
IPEC, 2010 Conference Proceedings
Conference_Location
Singapore
ISSN
1947-1262
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-7399-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IPECON.2010.5697093
Filename
5697093
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