• 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