Circuit Model Equivalent for Load-Based Discharge of Supercapacitor Module
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.56042/ijpap.v64i1.20475Keywords:
Supercapacitor, Module, Discharge, Converter, ModelAbstract
The discharge behaviour of the Supercapacitor module (SCM) when it supplies a certain load is simulated. In scenario 1, a constant power application is powered by the SCM via a buck circuit, resulting in a constant output voltage. The voltage of the SCM will decay depending on the power drawn by the application and the different components of the circuit. The constant output voltage is obtained from the buck circuit by using a control circuit that will change the duty ratio as a function of the SCM voltage. The output remains unaffected by current changes from 450 mA to 1.2 A. The decay characteristics of SCM, including duty ratio and output voltage, are recorded. In scenario 2, another buck topology is designed that generates a decaying voltage from a power supply, almost like the voltage of the SCM. This circuit is used to power the same DC application via a DC-DC converter, and the respective decaying voltage, output voltage, and other parameters have been recorded. The simulation results from both scenarios have been tallied, leading to the inference that the circuit in scenario 2 can be used as an alternative to SCM for DC applications, and the successful operation time, a
probable characteristic of SCM, can be estimated.
Author Biographies
Aditya S Sengupta, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, FST, ICFAI University Tripura, Kamalghat 799 210, India
Aditya S. Sengupta has a BTech, MTech and PhD from NIT Agartala. He has several publications in IEEE and IET Journals. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the EE/EEE Department, FST, ICFAI University Tripura. His prime interests are DC-DC Converter and supercapacitors. He formulated the idea of the work given in this paper and also carried out the simulation and analysis to verify the work in this paper.
Nikhat Anjum, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra 835 215, India
Nikhat Anjum received her bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the Institution of Engineers India (IEI), Kolkata, India, and her master’s in technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Synergy Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dhenkanal, Odisha. She is currently working towards a PhD degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi. Her research interests are microelectronics, low power very large-scale integration design, application-specific integrated circuit design, embedded system design, artificial intelligence & machine learning.
Bidyut K Bhattacharyya, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Agartala 799 046, India
Bidyut K. Bhattacharyya used to be a Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, at NIT Agartala. Prior to that, he served as the Principal Engineer at Intel Corp, USA He is also a fellow IEEE. He has a number of IEEE Transactions in his name. He has more than 40 years of research experience and more than 20 years of experience in the industry. He has also worked in Georgia Tech, USA. He contributed to understanding supercapacitors and the analysis of the results given in this paper.
Mukesh Kumar Ojha, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Institute of Technology, Greater Noida 201 310, India
Mukesh Kumar Ojha received a PhD in Signal Processing from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, main campus in the year 2021. He did an ME in Communication Systems from the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Anna University, Chennai in 2007. He obtained a BE degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering from the Institution of Engineers, India in the year 2003.
Shaik Qadeer, Department of Electrical Engineering, Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad 500 034, India
Shaik Qadeer is currently working as a Professor in the Electrical Engineering department, Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology (MJCET), Hyderabad, Telangana, since May 2015. He is an active member of various Professional Societies and an awardee for academic excellence during his bachelor's and master’s degree studies, including a 5th rank holder in the University. He has 18 Scopus-indexed publications, 8 Web of Science publications, and one Indian patent. The author has 22 years of teaching experience and is interested in industrial automation, cyber-physical systems, signal processing, and machine learning. He is a member of the IEEE.
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