A maximum power point tracking circuit of thermoelectric generators without digital controllers

IEICE Electronics Express

Volumn 7, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 1539-1545

  Kim, Shiho ^a   Cho, Sungkyu ^a   Kim, Namjae ^a   Park, Jungyong ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Maximum power point tracking; MPPT; Thermoelectric generators

Indexed keywords

ABRUPT CHANGE; CORELESS; DIGITAL CONTROLLERS; HIGH-POWER; LOAD CURRENTS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; MPPT; PEAK POWER; RAPID VARIATION; SIMULATION RESULT; STABLE OPERATION; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS;

ANALOG CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; OPTICAL FLOWS; PUMPS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT TRACKING;

EID: 78149373635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13492543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1587/elex.7.1539     Document Type: Article

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