Enhancing thermoelectric energy recovery via modulations of source temperature for cyclical heat loadings

Proceedings of the ASME/Pacific Rim Technical Conference and Exhibition on Integration and Packaging of MEMS, NEMS, and Electronic Systems: Advances in Electronic Packaging 2005

Volumn PART C, Issue , 2006, Pages 2105-2118

  McCarty, R ^a   Sanders, B ^b   Hallinan, K P ^a   Somphone, T ^c  

^a University of Dayton   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOURCE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL POTENTIOMETER; THERMOELECTRIC (TE); THERMOELECTRIC EFFICIENCY;

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODULATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMAL LOAD; THERMOELECTRICITY;

THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 32844467745     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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