Adaptive rectifier driven by power intake predictors for wind energy harvesting sensor networks

IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 471-482

  Porcarelli, Danilo ^a   Spenza, Dora ^b   Brunelli, Davide ^c   Cammarano, Alessandro ^b   Petrioli, Chiara ^b   Benini, Luca ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; power management technique; prediction algorithm; voltage rectifier; wireless sensor networks (WSNs)

Indexed keywords

AIR; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ELECTRIC INVERTERS; ENERGY HARVESTING; FORECASTING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKERS; POWER MANAGEMENT; RECTIFYING CIRCUITS; SENSOR NODES; TOPOLOGY; WIND POWER;

CONVERSION CIRCUITS; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; POWER MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES; PREDICTION ALGORITHMS; PROPOSED ARCHITECTURES; UNDERGROUND TUNNELS; VOLTAGE RECTIFIERS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSNS);

ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS;

EID: 84929170538     PISSN: 21686777     EISSN: 21686785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JESTPE.2014.2316527     Document Type: Article

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