Optimum power tracking among series-connected power sources with uniform voltage distribution

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Siri, Kasemsan ^a   Willhoff, Michael ^a  

^a M/S M4 179 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL CONCEPT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; INPUT POWER; INPUT VOLTAGES; MAXIMUM POWER; MAXIMUM POWER POINT; MAXIMUM POWER TRACKING; POWER ARCHITECTURES; POWER POINTS; POWER SOURCES; POWER SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES; POWER TRACKING; POWER TRANSFERS; SERIES INPUT PARALLEL OUTPUTS; SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES; SYSTEM OPTIMUM; VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLERS; VOLTAGE DIVIDERS;

VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 79955747657     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2011.5747463     Document Type: Conference Paper

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