A new MPPT method for low-power solar energy harvesting

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3129-3138

  Oscar, López Lapeña ^a   Penella, Maria Teresa ^a   Gasulla, Manel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; maximum power point tracking (MPPT); solar cells; wireless sensor networks (WSNs)

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; BOOST CONVERTER; COUPLED SOLUTION; DESIGN CRITERION; ENERGY GAIN; FIELD MEASUREMENT; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LOW POWER; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS; PV PANEL; STATIC AND DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; TIME RESPONSE; WIRELESS SENSOR;

ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT TRACKING; OPTICAL FLOWS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PUMPS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

EID: 77955651070     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2009.2037653     Document Type: Article

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