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Thermally reused solar energy harvesting using current mirror cells

  • Mostafa Noohi (Department of Electrical Engineering, Yazd University) ;
  • Ali Mirvakili (Department of Electrical Engineering, Yazd University) ;
  • Hadi Safdarkhani (Department of Electrical Engineering, Yazd University) ;
  • Sayed Alireza Sadrossadat (Department of Computer Engineering, Yazd University)
  • Received : 2022.01.20
  • Accepted : 2022.09.08
  • Published : 2023.06.20
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Abstract

This paper implements a simultaneous solar and thermal energy harvesting system, as a hybrid energy harvesting (HEH) system, to convert ambient light into electrical energy through photovoltaic (PV) cells and heat absorbed in the body of PV cells. Indeed, a solar panel equipped with serially connected thermoelectric generators not only converts the incoming light into electricity but also takes advantage of heat emanating from the light. In a conventional HEH system, the diode block is used to provide the path for the input source with the highest value. In this scheme, at each time, only one source can be handled to generate its output, while other sources are blocked. To handle this challenge of combining resources in HEH systems, this paper proposes a method for collecting all incoming energies and conveying its summation to the load via the current mirror cells in an approach similar to the maximum power point tracking. This technique is implemented using off-the-shelf components. The measurement results show that the proposed method is a realistic approach for supplying electrical energy to wireless sensor nodes and low-power electronics.

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Acknowledgement

The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support from Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology as well as the Information and Communication Technology Park, Iran, for this project under grant number 32-00-01-000456.

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