Research and development of maximum power transfer tracking system for solar cell unit by matching impedance

Renewable Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 845-851

  Teng, Tun Ping ^a   Nieh, Hwa Ming ^a   Chen, Jiann Jyh ^b   Lu, Yu Cheng ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Electrical Engineering   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Booster circuits; Matching impedance; Maximum power transfer; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

BOOSTER CIRCUITS; CHARGE AND DISCHARGE; CIRCUIT CONTROL; CIRCUIT DESIGNS; MANAGEMENT MECHANISMS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKER; MAXIMUM POWER TRANSFER; OPTIMAL POWER TRANSFER; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RATED VOLTAGES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SINGLE CHIP MICROPROCESSOR; SOLAR INTENSITIES; STORAGE BATTERY; TRACKING SYSTEM; UTILIZATION EFFICIENCY;

CELLS; CHARGING (BATTERIES); CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURE; LEAD ACID BATTERIES; PRINTED CIRCUIT DESIGN;

SOLAR CELLS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 71649101738     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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