• DocumentCode
    1587556
  • Title

    Second life of computer power supplies in PV battery charging applications

  • Author

    Schofield, Daniel M. K. ; Abuzed, S. ; Foster, Martin P. ; Stone, David A. ; Rogers, D.J. ; Green, James E.

  • Author_Institution
    Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of SHEFFIELD, Sheffield, UK
  • fYear
    2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    10
  • Abstract
    This paper proposes and investigates the second life application of computer power supplies for PV applications. The emphasis is on reclamation and reuse of operational power supply components and circuits. Results shown verify operational limits of the power supply validating its suitability for PV-MPPT systems.
  • Keywords
    computer power supplies; power supply circuits; secondary cells; solar cells; PV battery charging applications; PV-MPPT systems; computer power supplies; operational power supply components; second life application; Batteries; Computers; Logic gates; Power supplies; Power transformers; Pulse width modulation; Recycling; alternative energy; battery charger; photovoltaic; solar cell system;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Electronics and Applications (EPE), 2013 15th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Lille
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EPE.2013.6634653
  • Filename
    6634653