Development of Converter for Linear Wave Energy Stabilizer by Replacing the Inductor Type from the Existing Modified SEPIC Circuit

Authors

  • Putra Ahmad Khalifa Mohamed Salleh Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610, Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia
  • Taib Ibrahim Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610, Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia
  • Nursyarizal Mohd Nor Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610, Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia
  • Ramani. Kannan Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610, Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia
  • Mohd Zuraimi Rahman Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610, Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37934/aram.110.1.97111

Keywords:

SEPIC, modified SEPIC, MATLAB simulink

Abstract

Wave is one of the renewable resources that can replace non-renewable resources to reduce the Green House Gas (GHG) emission. Other than wave geographical location and condition, the electronics technical design and components used also plays an important role to maximize the capture of wave energy. DC-DC converter topologies have been widely used in power conversions. However, wave energy has no uniform pattern making the electricity energy generated by it is unclean. Furthermore, there is no small-scale converter specifically for pico-scale linear generator which require high static gain to capture wave energy. With the aim to improve the performance of energy conversion, this paper proposed a new converter design based on the existing topology which is modified SEPIC. The simulation for the two converters is performed to identify the percentage of performance improvement by using MATLAB Simulink software before fabricating a prototype. The comparison of experimental and simulation data for the converters is conducted and analysed in this paper to validate its percentage of error. From the results obtained, it is proven that the modification made from the existing topology improved significantly to the overall performance of the converter.

Author Biographies

Putra Ahmad Khalifa Mohamed Salleh, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610, Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia

putra_16002711@utp.edu.my

Taib Ibrahim , Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610, Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia

taibib@utp.edu.my

Nursyarizal Mohd Nor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610, Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia

nursyarizal_mnor@utp.edu.my

Ramani. Kannan, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610, Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia

ramani.kannan@utp.edu.my

Mohd Zuraimi Rahman, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610, Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia

zuraimi_rahman@utp.edu.my

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Published

2023-11-17

How to Cite

Putra Ahmad Khalifa Mohamed Salleh, Taib Ibrahim, Nursyarizal Mohd Nor, Ramani. Kannan, & Mohd Zuraimi Rahman. (2023). Development of Converter for Linear Wave Energy Stabilizer by Replacing the Inductor Type from the Existing Modified SEPIC Circuit. Journal of Advanced Research in Applied Mechanics, 110(1), 97–111. https://doi.org/10.37934/aram.110.1.97111

Issue

Vol. 110 No. 1: October (2023)

Section

Articles