Control of DC-DC power conversion system for thermoelectric generator application

Today, given the rising concerns pertaining environmental issues, energy costs and scarcity of non-renewable resources, there is greater emphasis on waste heat recovery research. Waste heat recovery research is done extensively for marine application given its significance in greenhouse gas contribu...

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Main Author: Chong, Shao Heng
Other Authors: Josep Pou
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2018
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-747892023-07-07T16:17:42Z Control of DC-DC power conversion system for thermoelectric generator application Chong, Shao Heng Josep Pou School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Rolls-Royce Singapore Pte. Ltd. DRNTU::Engineering Today, given the rising concerns pertaining environmental issues, energy costs and scarcity of non-renewable resources, there is greater emphasis on waste heat recovery research. Waste heat recovery research is done extensively for marine application given its significance in greenhouse gas contribution and use as transport. While efficiency of a marine engine is low, with 25% lost as waste heat. Waste heat is usually reused for thermal instead of electrical energy. As there are many places within a marine engine suitable for heat recovery, Thermoelectric Generators (TEG) have potential for research here. TEG extract electrical energy from temperature difference between 2 plates. Power converters are used to prevent load mismatch between these generators and the load. These power converters can be controlled using C2000 microcontrollers to obtain maximum power through Maximum Power Point Tracking algorithms. Z. C. Lim developed 2 Single-Ended Primary Inductor Converters (SEPIC), software to control and display outputs from these converters as well as tested 2 TEGs. In this project, 2 more similar SEPIC boards were developed. Existing software was expanded to cater to 4 units of SEPIC and the SEPIC boards were tested with 10 TEGs. The project aims to develop these for commercialisation in the future. Bachelor of Engineering 2018-05-24T02:38:09Z 2018-05-24T02:38:09Z 2018 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/74789 en Nanyang Technological University 52 p. application/pdf
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Control of DC-DC power conversion system for thermoelectric generator application
description Today, given the rising concerns pertaining environmental issues, energy costs and scarcity of non-renewable resources, there is greater emphasis on waste heat recovery research. Waste heat recovery research is done extensively for marine application given its significance in greenhouse gas contribution and use as transport. While efficiency of a marine engine is low, with 25% lost as waste heat. Waste heat is usually reused for thermal instead of electrical energy. As there are many places within a marine engine suitable for heat recovery, Thermoelectric Generators (TEG) have potential for research here. TEG extract electrical energy from temperature difference between 2 plates. Power converters are used to prevent load mismatch between these generators and the load. These power converters can be controlled using C2000 microcontrollers to obtain maximum power through Maximum Power Point Tracking algorithms. Z. C. Lim developed 2 Single-Ended Primary Inductor Converters (SEPIC), software to control and display outputs from these converters as well as tested 2 TEGs. In this project, 2 more similar SEPIC boards were developed. Existing software was expanded to cater to 4 units of SEPIC and the SEPIC boards were tested with 10 TEGs. The project aims to develop these for commercialisation in the future.
author2 Josep Pou
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author Chong, Shao Heng
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title Control of DC-DC power conversion system for thermoelectric generator application
title_short Control of DC-DC power conversion system for thermoelectric generator application
title_full Control of DC-DC power conversion system for thermoelectric generator application
title_fullStr Control of DC-DC power conversion system for thermoelectric generator application
title_full_unstemmed Control of DC-DC power conversion system for thermoelectric generator application
title_sort control of dc-dc power conversion system for thermoelectric generator application
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