Estimation of thermoelectric generator performance by finite element modeling

Journal of Electronic Materials

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1934-1943

  Ziolkowski, P ^a   Poinas, P ^b   Leszczynski, J ^c   Karpinski, G ^a   Muller E ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUT JEAN LAMOUR   (France)

Author keywords

TEG contacts; TEG coupling; TEG parasitic effects; Thermoelectric finite element modeling; thermoelectric generator (TEG) performance simulation; thermoelectric modeling with ANSYS

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT MODELING; PARASITIC EFFECT; TEG CONTACTS; TEG COUPLING; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS; THERMOELECTRIC MODELING WITH ANSYS;

ASPECT RATIO; BYPASS RATIO; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT RESISTANCE; IMPACT RESISTANCE; NUMERICAL METHODS; PELLETIZING; RADIATION EFFECTS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 77956229712     PISSN: 03615235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11664-009-1048-0     Document Type: Article

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