PARALLEL SOFT SWITCHING CONVERTER WITH FEWER SWITCH COUNTS
ABSTRACT A parallel direct current (DC) to DC converter is presented for medium power applications. The studied converter includes three half-bridge circuits with sharing two power switches at high-voltage side to reduce switch counts. Three half-bridge circuits are...
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES FOR 5G IOT ANTENNAS AND SENSORS
ABSTRACT: This paper demonstrates the use of additive manufacturing techniques through two examples of 5G internet of things (IoT) soil humidity sensors. A combination of inkjet-printing and 3D printing is used for the implementation of sub-1GHz planar antenna that...
POWER MANAGEMENT OF A HYBRID WIND GAS ELECTROLYZE MICRO GRID
ABSTRACT The paper describes a power management strategy of a standalone hybrid wind small gas turbine electrolyze power system to supply a remote village with electricity. The electrical system consists of a variable speed wind turbine coupled to a permanent magnet...
INTERLEAVED CUK CONVERTER WITH REDUCED SWITCH CURRENT
ABSTRACT DC to DC converters are for generally used for intermediate power conversion processes in switched mode power supplies, battery chargers, electric vehicles, solar and wind power plants etc. The quality of current is a general issue when step-up converters are...
SMART DRAINAGE AND HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM OF MANUAL SCAVENGER USING IOT
ABSTRACT: In urban cities, drainage system has been built for maintaining a clean and sustainable environment. It is the sole responsibility of the municipal corporation to clean and maintain the underground drainage. If it is not maintained properly, the wastage will...
USE OF MPPT TECHNIQUES TO REDUCE THE ENERGY PAY-BACK TIME IN PV SYSTEMS
ABSTRACT Photovoltaic (PV) energy is a free energy used as an alternative to fossil fuel energy. However, PV system without maximum power point tracking (MPPT) produces a low, unstable power and with a long energy payback time (EPBT). This paper presents an innovative...
AN ENERGY HARVESTING SOLUTION FOR IOT SENSORS
ABSTRACT: Billions of low-power wireless sensors will be deployed as the Internet of Things (IoT) evolves and connected online objects become integrated with daily lives. Using batteries to power up wireless sensors will be a formidable challenge. In this work, a new...
PULSE SKIPPING MODULATION METHOD FOR MULTIPLE INPUT BUCK BOOST CONVERTER
ABSTRACT Energy harvesting and wireless power transfer to power small, low-power and autonomous devices have recently attracted numerous research studies. Due to the lack of energy supplies, DC to DC converters with multiple inputs have been studied to harvest...
A NOVEL MULTILEVEL HIGH GAIN MODIFIED SEPIC DC-TO-DC CONVERTER FOR HIGH VOLTAGE/LOW CURRENT RENEWABLE ENERGY APPLICATIONS
ABSTRACT In this paper a non isolated, non inverting, single switch, high gain modified SEPIC with voltage multiplier dc-to-dc converter is proposed. The proposed circuit is a combination of modified version of conventional SEPIC converter and voltage multiplier unit....
REVIEW ON SMART AGRICULTURE USING IOT
ABSTRACT: Smart Agriculture is an emerging concept that refers to managing agriculture using IoT Technologies to extend the standard and quantity of products. Over the past few years, IoT has grown into one of the leading 21st century technology. The Internet of...
ENERGY FEEDBACK CONTROL OF LIGHT-LOAD VOLTAGE REGULATION FOR LLC RESONANT CONVERTER
ABSTRACT LLC resonant converter would have light-load voltage regulation problems due to the effect of parasitic capacitances in high frequency range. In this paper, an energy feedback control method is proposed to improve the light-load regulation capacity by using...
AN APPROACH TO DESIGN A WIRELESS AIR FLOW TRANSMITTER USING FLEX SENSOR
ABSTRACT In process industries, air flow rate measurement and transmission are usually performed by various passive conventional sensors. Here, air flow rate for moderate flow applications is sensed by resistive type flexible bend sensor having the characteristics of...