Optimized wind energy harvesting system using resistance emulator and active rectifier for wireless sensor nodes

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-50

  Tan, Yen Kheng ^a   Panda, Sanjib Kumar ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Active rectifier; power management circuit; resistor emulation maximum power point tracking (MPPT) converter; wind energy harvesting (WEH) system; wireless sensor network (WSN)

Indexed keywords

AC VOLTAGE; ACTIVE RECTIFIERS; BRIDGE RECTIFIERS; CLOSED-LOOP; DC-DC BOOST CONVERTERS; EFFICIENT POWER; ELECTRICAL POWER; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; IMPEDANCE MATCHINGS; INPUT VOLTAGES; LOW WIND SPEED CONDITION; LOW-AMPLITUDE; LOW-POWER MICROCONTROLLERS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; MOSFETS; ON-STATE VOLTAGE DROP; POWER MANAGEMENT CIRCUITS; POWER-MANAGEMENT CIRCUIT; RESISTANCE EMULATORS; RESISTANCE FEEDBACK; ULTRA-LOW POWER; WIND ENERGY; WIND SPEED; WIND TURBINE GENERATORS; WIRELESS SENSOR; WIRELESS SENSOR NODE;

AC GENERATOR MOTORS; BRIDGE CIRCUITS; DC-DC CONVERTERS; DISTILLATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT TRACKING; ENERGY HARVESTING; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; MOSFET DEVICES; OPTICAL FLOWS; OPTIMIZATION; PUMPS; RESISTORS; ROBUST CONTROL; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSOR NODES; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TURBINES; WIND EFFECTS; WIND POWER; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 78650966705     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2010.2056700     Document Type: Article

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