A system design approach for unattended solar energy harvesting supply

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 952-962

  Kimball, Jonathan W ^a   Kuhn, Brian T ^b   Balog, Robert S ^b  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SmartSpark Energy Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Battery; Energy harvesting; Energy management; Long life; Photovoltaic; Remote power; Ultracapacitor; Unattended operation

Indexed keywords

BATTERY; ENERGY HARVESTING; LONG LIFE; PHOTOVOLTAIC; REMOTE POWER; ULTRACAPACITOR; UNATTENDED OPERATION;

CAPACITORS; DESIGN; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ENERGY STORAGE; FAULT TOLERANCE; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FLYWHEELS; HARVESTING; INSTALLATION; LAND VEHICLE PROPULSION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYSILICON; PUMPS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 65549112586     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2008.2009056     Document Type: Article

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