Development of thermoelectric generators for electrification of isolated rural homes

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 5818-5822

  Rinalde, G F ^a   Juanico L E ^b   Taglialavore, E ^a   Gortari, S ^a   Molina, M G ^c  

^a CENTRO ATÓMICO BARILOCHE   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Microcontroller; Prototype; Remote areas; Rural electrification; Thermoelectric generators; Thermoelectricity

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MICROCONTROLLER SYSTEMS; PLUG AND PLAY; REMOTE AREAS; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS;

CONTROLLERS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY CONVERSION; MICROCONTROLLERS; RURAL AREAS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 77955296361     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.02.093     Document Type: Article

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