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ISLPED
2010
ACM
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13 years 11 months ago
Maximum power transfer tracking for a photovoltaic-supercapacitor energy system
It is important to maintain high efficiency when charging electrical energy storage elements so as to achieve holistic optimization from an energy generation source (e.g., a solar...
Younghyun Kim, Naehyuck Chang, Yanzhi Wang, Massou...
ISCAS
2005
IEEE
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14 years 4 months ago
Boost-buck inverter variable structure control for grid-connected photovoltaic systems
—The present work describes the analysis, modeling and control of a transformerless Boost-Buck power inverter used as a DC-AC power conditioning stage for grid-connected photovol...
Carlos Meza, Domingo Biel, Luis Martinez-Salamero,...
ISCAS
2007
IEEE
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14 years 5 months ago
A Batteryless Vibration-based Energy Harvesting System for Ultra Low Power Ubiquitous Applications
—In this paper, we propose a vibration driven energy harvesting platform based on piezoelectric material. A new maximum power point tracking (MPPT) method for this platform is al...
Lu Chao, Chi-Ying Tsui, Wing-Hung Ki
ISLPED
2010
ACM
212views Hardware» more  ISLPED 2010»
13 years 11 months ago
DuraCap: a supercapacitor-based, power-bootstrapping, maximum power point tracking energy-harvesting system
DuraCap is a solar-powered energy harvesting system that stores harvested energy in supercapacitors and is voltage-compatible with lithium-ion batteries. The use of supercapacitor...
Chien-Ying Chen, Pai H. Chou
SENSYS
2005
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Everlast: long-life, supercapacitor-operated wireless sensor node
This paper describes a supercapacitor-operated, solar-powered wireless sensor node called Everlast. Unlike traditional wireless sensors that store energy in batteries, Everlast’...
Farhan Simjee, Devyani Sharma, Pai H. Chou