JEETENDRA PRASAD
A Senior Researcher of Electrical Engineering
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology ,Allahabad(U.P)
Phone: 8115020543
Address: electrical dept.
mnnit allahabad
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology ,Allahabad(U.P)
Phone: 8115020543
Address: electrical dept.
mnnit allahabad
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energy. SMFC generates low voltage with fluctuation between
0.982 V to 1.16 V of 60 days of the experiment. This voltage is
not suitable to power the electronic device. So an ultra-low
voltage DC-DC boost converter is proposed to regulated and
step up the output voltage of SMFC. Performance of the boost
converter is verified through simulation and experimental
results. Single SMFC discharges in 30 sec by connecting the
boost converter and gain maximum voltage in 210 sec after
disconnecting the boost converter. Further, a scheme proposed
for continuous energy harvesting from sediment microbial fuel
cell in which eight parallel connected SMFCs provide an input
voltage to boost converter one by one. It is noticed that the
energy harvester DC-DC boost converter provides a
continuous 2.56 V with the efficiency of 85.46%. The boost
converter works well up to the voltage of 20 mV so this
converter is appropriate for the SMFC energy harvesting. The
proposed scheme is able to produce a suitable voltage for a
small electronic device which needs a continuous power supply.
energy. SMFC generates low voltage with fluctuation between
0.982 V to 1.16 V of 60 days of the experiment. This voltage is
not suitable to power the electronic device. So an ultra-low
voltage DC-DC boost converter is proposed to regulated and
step up the output voltage of SMFC. Performance of the boost
converter is verified through simulation and experimental
results. Single SMFC discharges in 30 sec by connecting the
boost converter and gain maximum voltage in 210 sec after
disconnecting the boost converter. Further, a scheme proposed
for continuous energy harvesting from sediment microbial fuel
cell in which eight parallel connected SMFCs provide an input
voltage to boost converter one by one. It is noticed that the
energy harvester DC-DC boost converter provides a
continuous 2.56 V with the efficiency of 85.46%. The boost
converter works well up to the voltage of 20 mV so this
converter is appropriate for the SMFC energy harvesting. The
proposed scheme is able to produce a suitable voltage for a
small electronic device which needs a continuous power supply.