Publication detail
Novel Approach to Thermoelectric Generator Modeling as Energy Harvesting System
VLACH, R.
Czech title
Nový přístup k modelováni termoelektrického generátoru
English title
Novel Approach to Thermoelectric Generator Modeling as Energy Harvesting System
Type
conference paper
Language
en
Original abstract
This paper describes a novel approach to thermoelectric generator modeling as complex energy harvesting system. The thermoelectric generator model includes three main effects that are Thomson effect, Seebeck effect and Joule heat. The influence of heat sources and heat sinks as well as the load resistance that significantly affect properties of thermoelectric generator is also considered. The SimScape tool that nds Matlab/Simulink is used as tool for physical modeling of thermoelectric generator. Therefore, the energy harvesting model using thermoelectric generator can be easy extended by other device for example C/DC converter. The energy harvesting model that uses thermoelectric generator (TEG) for the conversion of thermal to electric energy and DC/DC converter is presented in this paper.
Czech abstract
Tento článek popisuje nový přístup k modelování termoelektrického generátoru. Model termoelektrického generátor zahrnuje tři hlavní účinky, které jsou Thomson účinek, Seebeckův efekt a Joule teplo.Vliv zdrojů tepla a chladiče, jakož i odolnost proti zatížení, které významně ovlivňují vlastnosti termoelektrického generátoru je také uvažováno.Nástroj Simscape v programu Matlab / Simulink je používán jako nástroj pro fyzikální modelování termoelektrického generátoru. Z tohoto důvodu model termoelektrického generátoru může být snadno rozšířen o jiné zařízení, například DC/DC konvertor.
English abstract
This paper describes a novel approach to thermoelectric generator modeling as complex energy harvesting system. The thermoelectric generator model includes three main effects that are Thomson effect, Seebeck effect and Joule heat. The influence of heat sources and heat sinks as well as the load resistance that significantly affect properties of thermoelectric generator is also considered. The SimScape tool that nds Matlab/Simulink is used as tool for physical modeling of thermoelectric generator. Therefore, the energy harvesting model using thermoelectric generator can be easy extended by other device for example C/DC converter. The energy harvesting model that uses thermoelectric generator (TEG) for the conversion of thermal to electric energy and DC/DC converter is presented in this paper.
Keywords in English
energy harvesting, thermoelectric generator, DC/DC converter, Matlab/SimScape
RIV year
2014
Released
03.12.2014
Publisher
Brno University of technology
Location
Brno
ISBN
978-80-214-4817-9
Book
Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Mechatronics – Mechatronika 2014
Pages from–to
725–728
Pages count
4
BIBTEX
@inproceedings{BUT111687,
author="Radek {Vlach},
title="Novel Approach to Thermoelectric Generator Modeling as Energy Harvesting System",
booktitle="Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Mechatronics – Mechatronika 2014",
year="2014",
month="December",
pages="725--728",
publisher="Brno University of technology",
address="Brno",
isbn="978-80-214-4817-9"
}