Performance improvement of alternators with switched-mode rectifiers

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 561-568

  Rivas, Juan ^a   Perreault, David ^a   Keim, Thomas ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; AUTOMOBILE ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AUTOMOTIVE ALTERNATORS; LOAD MATCHING CONTROL; SWITCHED MODE RECTIFIER;

SYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS;

EID: 4544260491     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2004.832072     Document Type: Article

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