Towards optimization of a pyroelectric energy converter for harvesting waste heat

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 53, Issue 19-20, 2010, Pages 4060-4070

  Navid, Ashcon ^a   Vanderpool, Damien ^a   Bah, Abubakarr ^a   Pilon, Laurent ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct energy conversion; Ferroelectric materials; Oscillating flow; Pyroelectric materials; Waste heat harvesting

Indexed keywords

CARNOT EFFICIENCY; ELECTRICAL POWER; ENERGY CONVERTERS; ENERGY EQUATION; HEAT INPUT; LOCAL TIME; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPERATING FREQUENCY; POWER DENSITIES; PUMPING POWER; PYROELECTRIC MATERIALS; SILICONE OIL; THERMODYNAMIC ENERGY; WORKING FLUID;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY HARVESTING; ENERGY TRANSFER; FERROELECTRIC DEVICES; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRICITY; FLUIDS; HARVESTING; OSCILLATING FLOW; SILICONES; WASTE HEAT;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 77954532535     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2010.05.025     Document Type: Article

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