1.4.1 - Development and Evaluation of a Modular Energy Management Construction Kit
- Event
- 18. GMA/ITG-Fachtagung Sensoren und Messsysteme 2016
2016-05-10 - 2016-05-11
Nürnberg, Germany - Chapter
- 1.4 Energieautarke Sensorik / Energy Harvesting I
- Author(s)
- J. Kokert, T. Beckedahl, L. Reindl - University of Freiburg, Department of Microsystems Engineering - IMTEK, Freiburg (Germany)
- Pages
- 84 - 91
- DOI
- 10.5162/sensoren2016/1.4.1
- ISBN
- 978-3-9816876-0-6
- Price
- free
Abstract
Our aim of research is to understand and to improve the power supply of energy-harvesting powered systems by means of finding the optimal energy management. In this paper we propose a general energy management structure, present a modular platform concept to realize various configurations of energy management, and characterize management modules and prove the feasibility of the construction kit. The energy management components investigated are dc-dc converters, energy-supervisors, super capacitors and a dummy loads. The results show that all modules work properly and that interconnections has a negligible effect. Our tool offers a new approach to thoroughly investigate energy managements.