New microbial fuel cell power system for efficiency improvement

2011 International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems, ICEMS 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

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

^a Montana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOOST CONVERTER; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; FUEL CELL POWER SYSTEMS; GENERATE ELECTRICITY; HIGH CURRENTS; HIGH VOLTAGE; LOW CURRENTS; LOW VOLTAGES; POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; WATER ENVIRONMENTS;

CAPACITORS; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC MACHINERY; ENERGY MANAGEMENT;

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

EID: 83355177231     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICEMS.2011.6073381     Document Type: Conference Paper

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