Modelling and simulating photovoltaic energy harvesting circuit: An analysis based on trial and error approximation for optimal output power of a harvester

Afghan, Syeda Adila; Husi, Géza

doi:10.1109/ice.2017.8279927

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“…Concerning related work, in [10] the modelling and simulation of a photovoltaic energy harvesting circuit was developed. The converter LTC3105 was used with the equivalent circuit of a solar cell.…”

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Maximization of Solar Power Extraction from Photovoltaic Modules Using Energy Harvesting Solutions for Smart Cities

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Pinto

et al. 2022

Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering

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Smart cities integrate a wide and diverse set of small electronic devices that use Internet communication capabilities with very different purposes and features. A challenge that arises is how to feed these small devices. Among the various possibilities, energy harvesting presents itself as the most economical and sustainable. This paper describes the design and simulation of an electronic circuit dedicated to maximizing the solar power extraction from photovoltaic (PV) modules. For this purpose, an integrated circuit (IC) dedicated to energy harvesting is used, namely the LTC3129. This IC is a DC-DC converter that uses the maximum power point control (MPPC) technique, which aims to keep its input voltage close to a defined reference value. The designed circuit is used with three photovoltaic modules, each one of a different PV technology: monocrystalline silicon, polycrystalline silicon and amorphous silicon. These PV modules are installed in a weather station to correlate the power produced with the meteorological conditions, in order to assess which solar photovoltaic technology is best for a given location. The equivalent circuit of a solar cell is used in simulation to represent a photovoltaic module. The values of the components of the equivalent circuit are adjusted so they have the same characteristics of the modules installed in the weather station. With each module, a power resistor of the same value is used as load, for comparison purposes. For the case of the monocrystalline silicon technology, the use of the LTC3129 converter increases the power extraction by 47.6% compared to when this converter is not used between the PV module and the load.

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Maximization of Solar Power Extraction from Photovoltaic Modules Using Energy Harvesting Solutions for Smart Cities

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Monteiro

Pinto

et al. 2022

Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering

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“…For sustainable EH, energy is first collected externally from various sources, such as sun energy, heat energy, wind energy, vibration energy, and radio frequency (RF) energy, 6 the extracted energy is then converted into electrical energy. The stored energy can be deployed in small wireless electronic devices such as those used in autonomous devices and sensor networks 7–10 . The EH systems make use of the boundless surrounding sources that are environmentally sound to supply energy to electronic devices 11 …”

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“…The maximum power output achieved is merely 0.98 mW. The authors in Reference [7] designed an SEH system using an LTC3105 charger module with a fixed voltage (FV) maximum power point tracking (MPPT) and a DC–DC converter. In this design, a 0.8 W solar panel is converted into an equivalent circuit using Lambert W mathematical modeling 7 .…”

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“…The authors in Reference [7] designed an SEH system using an LTC3105 charger module with a fixed voltage (FV) maximum power point tracking (MPPT) and a DC–DC converter. In this design, a 0.8 W solar panel is converted into an equivalent circuit using Lambert W mathematical modeling 7 . A trial‐and‐error method by changing the load or variable resistance was applied, and the harvester realized a maximum output power of 336.39 mW.…”

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“…The stored energy can be deployed in small wireless electronic devices such as those used in autonomous devices and sensor networks. [7][8][9][10] The EH systems make use of the boundless surrounding sources that are environmentally sound to supply energy to electronic devices. 11 Among the various EH sources, solar energy is an appealing energy resource because of its renewability, flexibility, diversity, abundance, and low-cost implementation.…”

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Design of an efficient solar energy harvesting system for wireless power communication

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Muhammad

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Int J Numerical Modelling

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This paper proposes the design of an efficient ambient solar energy harvesting (SEH) system with enhanced protection for low‐power devices. The proposed SEH system is designed and fabricated on a 1.6 mm Flame Retardant 4 (FR4) substrate using EasyEDA software. The harvester consists of a 3 W monocrystalline solar panel, a solar charger module with maximum power point tracking, a lithium‐ion rechargeable battery and a battery protection integrated circuit, and a DC–DC converter. Each of the SEH system component modules is optimized for better performance. The proposed energy harvester achieves a peak power conversion efficiency of 81.22% with a total output power of 2.35 W by using a CN3791 battery charger module. This approach is cost‐effective, highly sustainable, and virtually maintenance‐free. It can be deployed in various low‐powered devices such as wireless sensor network nodes and Internet of Things microcontrollers to extend their battery lifetimes, thereby achieving environmental‐friendly and sustainable energy harvesting.

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Modelling and simulating photovoltaic energy harvesting circuit: An analysis based on trial and error approximation for optimal output power of a harvester

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Maximization of Solar Power Extraction from Photovoltaic Modules Using Energy Harvesting Solutions for Smart Cities

Maximization of Solar Power Extraction from Photovoltaic Modules Using Energy Harvesting Solutions for Smart Cities

Design of an efficient solar energy harvesting system for wireless power communication

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