Development of a thermoelectric battery-charger with microcontroller-based maximum power point tracking technique

Applied Energy

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 687-704

  Eakburanawat, Jensak ^a   Boonyaroonate, Itsda ^a  

^a KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

dc dc converter; MPPT; SEPIC; Thermoelectric generator

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ENERGY CONVERSION; MICROCONTROLLERS; POWER GENERATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; THERMOELECTRICITY;

DC-DC CONVERTERS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING (MPPT); SEPIC; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS;

CHARGING (BATTERIES);

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CHARGING (BATTERIES); ENERGY CONVERSION; MICROCONTROLLERS; POWER GENERATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; THERMOELECTRICITY;

ELECTRICITY; HEAT FLOW; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33646740368     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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