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Power Supply and Control Unit for Actively Heated Protective Clothing with Photovoltaic Energy Harvesting

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  • Bartosz Pękosławski

    (Department of Microelectronics and Computer Science, Lodz University of Technology, 93-005 Lodz, Poland)

  • Paweł Marciniak

    (Department of Microelectronics and Computer Science, Lodz University of Technology, 93-005 Lodz, Poland)

  • Łukasz Starzak

    (Department of Microelectronics and Computer Science, Lodz University of Technology, 93-005 Lodz, Poland)

  • Adam Stawiński

    (Department of Microelectronics and Computer Science, Lodz University of Technology, 93-005 Lodz, Poland)

  • Grażyna Bartkowiak

    (Department of Personal Protective Equipment, Central Institute for Labour Protection—National Research Institute, 90-133 Lodz, Poland)

Abstract

An active heating system has been developed for application in smart clothing for mountain rescuers. It uses a set of sensors and is aimed at gathering necessary data for the elaboration and testing of an automatic control algorithm. The system is powered by a lithium-ion battery pack, which can be additionally charged from flexible PV modules. The article presents an estimation of this system’s power supply requirements and its energy budget. Since the system’s maximum operation time strongly depends on the efficiency of its main power converter, the design of the latter was based on a model enabling power loss estimation in its particular components. Characteristics ultimately measured on a prototype showed a high agreement with simulations. Furthermore, five different arrangements of PV modules were studied in order to find the most effective one. The system was tested in real conditions for the three most promising PV module configurations.

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  • Bartosz Pękosławski & Paweł Marciniak & Łukasz Starzak & Adam Stawiński & Grażyna Bartkowiak, 2022. "Power Supply and Control Unit for Actively Heated Protective Clothing with Photovoltaic Energy Harvesting," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(15), pages 1-25, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:15:y:2022:i:15:p:5656-:d:880185
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