Achieving maximum power in thermoelectric generation with simple power electronics

Journal of Electronic Materials

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1597-1602

  Youn, Nari ^a   Lee, Hohyun ^b   Wee, Daehyun ^a   Gomez, Miguel ^b   Reid, Rachel ^b   Ohara, Brandon ^b  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b Department of Computer Science and Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

constant voltage algorithm; impedance matching; maximum power point tracking; open circuit voltage algorithm; Thermoelectrics

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKERS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; POWER ELECTRONICS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

CONSTANT VOLTAGE; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; POWER ELECTRONICS CIRCUITS; THERMO-ELECTRIC MODULES; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATION; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS; THERMOELECTRICS;

THERMOELECTRIC POWER;

EID: 84901818828     PISSN: 03615235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11664-013-2804-8     Document Type: Article

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