Tuning the resonant frequency and damping of an electromagnetic energy harvester using power electronics

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 792-796

  Mitcheson, Paul D ^a   Toh, Tzern T ^a   Wong, Kwok H ^a   Burrow, Steve G ^b   Holmes, Andrew S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Impedance emulator; Maximum power transfer; Pendulum energy harvester

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ENERGY HARVESTING; ENERGY TRANSFER; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; POWER ELECTRONICS;

ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS; ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; ENERGY HARVESTER; EXCITATION CHARACTERISTICS; EXCITATION FREQUENCY; MAXIMUM POWER TRANSFER; POWER ELECTRONIC INTERFACE; REAL AND REACTIVE POWER;

TUNING;

EID: 83655181935     PISSN: 15497747     EISSN: 15583791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSII.2011.2173966     Document Type: Article

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