Maximum power point tracking converter based on the open-circuit voltage method for thermoelectric generators

IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 828-839

  Montecucco, Andrea ^a   Knox, Andrew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buck Boost; converter; dc dc; maximum power point tracking (MPPT); synchronous; thermoelectric (TE); thermoelectric generator (TEG)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; LEAD ACID BATTERIES; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKERS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; POWER CONVERTERS; POWER ELECTRONICS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; TIMING CIRCUITS;

BUCK-BOOST; CONVERTER; DC-DC; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; SYNCHRONOUS; THERMOELECTRIC; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS;

DC-DC CONVERTERS;

EID: 84907943740     PISSN: 08858993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPEL.2014.2313294     Document Type: Article

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