Reconfiguration of sustainable thermoelectric generation using wireless sensor network

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2776-2783

  Chen, Min ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Maximum power point tracking (MPPT); reconfigurable thermoelectric power generation; wireless sensor networks (WSNs)

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ALGORITHMS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; THERMOELECTRICITY;

DISTRIBUTED CONTROL ALGORITHMS; HEAT SOURCE TEMPERATURES; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; POWER PERFORMANCE; RECONFIGURABLE; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATION; THERMOELECTRIC MODULES; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSNS);

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 84891797215     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2013.2274418     Document Type: Article

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