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

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 749-755

  McCarty, Robin ^a   Hallinan, Kevin P ^a   Sanders, Brian ^b   Somphone, T ^c  

^a University of Dayton   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Thermal switch; Thermoelectric generator

Indexed keywords

HEAT SOURCE; THERMAL SWITCH; THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY RECOVERY; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR;

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

EID: 34447636799     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2717238     Document Type: Article

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