Energy harvest with microbial fuel cell and power management system

2009 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3558-3563

  Meehan, Andrew ^a   Gao, Hongwei ^a   Lewandowski, Zbigniew ^a  

^a Montana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge pump; DC DC converter; Hydrophone; Microbial fuel cell; Power management; Super capacitor

Indexed keywords

BOOST CONVERTER; CHARGE PUMP; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; ENERGY HARVEST; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; GENERATE ELECTRICITY; HARVESTED ENERGY; MAINTENANCE FREE; POWER ELECTRONIC DEVICES; POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; SUPER CAPACITOR;

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ENERGY CONVERSION; FUEL CELLS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HARVESTING; HVDC POWER TRANSMISSION; HYDROPHONES; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; PUMPS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 72449177323     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2009.5316034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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