Assessment of near-surface ground temperature profiles for optimal placement of a thermoelectric device

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2361-2365

  Maixner, Michael R ^a   Stevens, James W ^b  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Generation; Thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ENERGY HARVESTING; GENERATION; NEAR-SURFACE; NONDIMENSIONAL; OPTIMAL DEPTH; OPTIMAL PLACEMENTS; SINUSOIDAL SURFACES; TEMPERATURE DATA; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMAL RESERVOIR; THERMOELECTRIC; THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES;

HARVESTING;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 67650508476     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2009.05.019     Document Type: Article

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