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Maria Teresa Penella
Researcher at Polytechnic University of Catalonia
Publications - 11
Citations - 527
Maria Teresa Penella is an academic researcher from Polytechnic University of Catalonia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Wireless sensor network & Energy harvesting. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 11 publications receiving 494 citations.
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A New MPPT Method for Low-Power Solar Energy Harvesting
TL;DR: This paper describes a new maximum-power-point-tracking (MPPT) method focused on low-power (<; 1 W) photovoltaic (PV) panels, and the static and dynamic performance is theoretically analyzed, and design criteria are provided.
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A Review of Commercial Energy Harvesters for Autonomous Sensors
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present and analyze commercial energy harvesters currently available and evaluate their capability to power a commercial autonomous sensor in some given circumstances, based on environmental energy sources and energy harvesting principles.
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A Closed-Loop Maximum Power Point Tracker for Subwatt Photovoltaic Panels
TL;DR: A microcontroller driven by a fast clock was used to implement an MPPT algorithm with a low processing time, which leads to a maximum central-processing-unit duty cycle of 6% and frees the μC to be used in the remaining tasks of the autonomous sensor, such as sensing, processing, and transmitting data.
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Powering wireless sensor nodes: Primary batteries versus energy harvesting
TL;DR: This paper compares the use of primary batteries against solar cells and basic principles are first enunciated, then generic design examples are presented and finally actual deployed nodes of a WSN are illustrated.
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Runtime Extension of Low-Power Wireless Sensor Nodes Using Hybrid-Storage Units
TL;DR: A comprehensive theoretical analysis that extends previous works found in the literature and provides design guidelines for choosing the appropriate supercapacitor is presented, supported by extensive experimental results.