Simple, fast and accurate maximum power point tracking converter for thermoelectric generators

2012 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2777-2783

  Montecucco, Andrea ^a   Siviter, Jonathan ^a   Knox, Andrew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCK CONVERTERS; COMPUTATIONAL POWER; ELECTRICAL POWER; EMBEDDED MICROCONTROLLER; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; OPERATING POINTS; POWER PRODUCTION; PROTOTYPE CONVERTER; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS;

ALGORITHMS; CHARGING (BATTERIES); ENERGY CONVERSION; EXHIBITIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; THERMOELECTRICITY;

THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84870910866     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2012.6342530     Document Type: Conference Paper

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