New bounds on the performance parameters of a thermoelectric generator

International Journal of Power and Energy Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-27

  Chen, Jincan ^a   Andresen, Bjarne ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Irreversibility; Performance bound; Thermodynamics; Thermoelectric generator

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007922885     PISSN: 10783466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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