Analysis of battery current microcycles in autonomous renewable energy systems

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 531-546

  Ruddell, A J ^a   Dutton, A G ^a   Wenzl, H ^b   Ropeter, C ^b   Sauer, D U ^c   Merten, J ^d   Orfanogiannis, C ^e   Twidell, J W ^f   Vezin, P ^g  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^d Trama TecnoAmbiental   (Spain)

^e ESCO   (Greece)

^f AMSET Centre   (United Kingdom)

^g Vergnet   (France)

Author keywords

Charge discharge; Cycling; Lead acid battery; Microcycles; Photovoltaic systems; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

MICROCYCLES;

LEAD ACID BATTERIES;

EID: 0037079133     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7753(02)00457-3     Document Type: Article

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