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Dc-Dc Converter For Harvesting Energy From An Exercise Bike, Henry Ureh, Chris Henry
Dc-Dc Converter For Harvesting Energy From An Exercise Bike, Henry Ureh, Chris Henry
Electrical Engineering
Create an efficient buck-boost converter that adapts to input voltage range from ~3.8V to 70V, and outputs 13.7V DC, the voltage required by a charge controller to charge a battery. The energy stored in the battery will be supplied back to the grid.
The cost of energy saved by the converter should eventually cover the initial price of the converter. The converter should help reduce the net power consumption of the exercise machines used in the Cal Poly gym