naa a22 4500 510801404 CHVBK 20180411083357.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130701xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11664-013-2571-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11664-013-2571-6 Individual Module Maximum Power Point Tracking for Thermoelectric Generator Systems [Elektronische Daten] [Casper Vadstrup, Erik Schaltz, Min Chen] In a thermoelectric generator (TEG) system the DC/DC converter is under the control of a maximum power point tracker which ensures that the TEG system outputs the maximum possible power to the load. However, if the conditions, e.g., temperature, health, etc., of the TEG modules are different, each TEG module will not produce its maximum power. If each TEG module is controlled individually, each TEG module can be operated at its maximum power point and the TEG system output power will therefore be higher. In this work a power converter based on noninverting buck-boost converters capable of handling four TEG modules is presented. It is shown that, when each module in the TEG system is operated under individual maximum power point tracking, the system output power for this specific application can be increased by up to 8.4% relative to the situation when the modules are connected in series and 16.7% relative to the situation when the modules are connected in parallel. TMS, 2013 DC/DC converter nationallicence maximum power point tracker nationallicence thermoelectric generator nationallicence Vadstrup Casper Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Pontoppidanstraede 101, 9220, Aalborg, Denmark aut Schaltz Erik Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Pontoppidanstraede 101, 9220, Aalborg, Denmark aut Chen Min Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Pontoppidanstraede 101, 9220, Aalborg, Denmark aut Journal of Electronic Materials Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 42/7(2013-07-01), 2203-2208 0361-5235 42:7<2203 2013 42 11664 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-013-2571-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-013-2571-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vadstrup Casper Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Pontoppidanstraede 101, 9220, Aalborg, Denmark aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schaltz Erik Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Pontoppidanstraede 101, 9220, Aalborg, Denmark aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chen Min Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Pontoppidanstraede 101, 9220, Aalborg, Denmark aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Electronic Materials Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 42/7(2013-07-01), 2203-2208 0361-5235 42:7<2203 2013 42 11664 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer