Design of innovative power conditioning system for the grid integration of thermoelectric generators

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 10057-10063

  Molina, M G ^a   Juanico L E ^b   Rinalde, G F ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

^b Centro Atómico Bariloche ^*  (Argentina)

^c CENTRO ATÓMICO BARILOCHE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Control technique; Full detailed modeling; Maximum power point tracking(MPPT); Power conditioning system (PCS); Thermoelectric generator (TEG); Z Source inverter

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKERS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

CONTROL TECHNIQUES; FULL DETAILED MODELING; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; POWER CONDITIONING SYSTEMS; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS; Z-SOURCE INVERTER;

ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS;

EID: 84862174658     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.01.177     Document Type: Article

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