On the figure of merit of thermoelectric generators

Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-41

  Chen, Min ^a   Lu, Shan Shan ^a   Liao, Bo ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; HEAT TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

DESIGN PARAMETERS; HEAT TRANSFER IRREVERSIBILITY; SEMICONDUCTOR THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS;

THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 18744409370     PISSN: 01950738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1811120     Document Type: Article

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