Energy harvesting from the FC stack that operates using the MPP tracking based on modified extremum seeking control

Applied Energy

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 326-336

  Bizon, Nicu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITESTI   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Extremum seeking control; Fuel cell system; Harmonics analysis; MPP tracking

Indexed keywords

ENERGY HARVESTING; FUEL CELLS;

CLOSED LOOP GAIN; CONTROL PARAMETERS; ES CONTROLS; EXTREMUM SEEKING; EXTREMUM SEEKING CONTROL; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; FUEL CELL SYSTEM; HARMONICS ANALYSIS; LOOP GAINS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT; SEARCH SPEED; TRACKING ACCURACY; TRACKING TECHNIQUES;

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CONTROL SYSTEM; ENERGY USE; FUEL CELL; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TRACKING;

EID: 84870892664     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.11.011     Document Type: Article

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