A continuously rotating energy harvester with maximum power point tracking

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Toh, Tzern T ^a   Mitcheson, Paul D ^a   Holmes, Andrew S ^a   Yeatman, Eric M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DC MOTORS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT TRACKING; EXPERIMENTS; HARVESTERS; OPTICAL FLOWS; PUMPS; ROTATION;

CONTINUOUS ROTATIONS; ENERGY HARVESTERS; GRAVITATIONAL TORQUES; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOURS; MOTION ENERGIES; POWER PROCESSING; SINGLE POINTS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 58149345504     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/18/10/104008     Document Type: Article

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