Design and testing of a locally made loop-type thermosyphonic heat sink for stove-top thermoelectric generators

Renewable Energy

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1101-1116

  Nuwayhid, R Y ^a   Hamade, R ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Stove top; Thermoelectric generator; Thermosyphonic heat sink

Indexed keywords

COOLING; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; HEAT TRANSFER; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCT DESIGN; THERMOELECTRICITY;

FORCED COOLING; HEAT TRANSPORT DEVICES; POWER OUTPUT; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS;

HEAT SINKS;

COOLING; GENERATOR; HEAT PIPE;

EID: 12444301749     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2004.09.008     Document Type: Article

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