Thermoelectric generator sandwiched in a crossflow heat exchanger with optimal connectivity between modules

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 52, Issue 8-9, 2011, Pages 2911-2918

  Bélanger, Simon ^a   Gosselin, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crossflow; Genetic algorithm; Non uniform; Thermoelectric; Waste heat

Indexed keywords

CONTROL VOLUMES; CROSS FLOWS; CROSS-FLOW HEAT EXCHANGERS; DESIGN VARIABLES; NON-UNIFORM; NONUNIFORM TEMPERATURE; NUMERICAL MODELS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMAL CONNECTIVITY; THERMOELECTRIC; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS; TOTAL POWER;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY; TOPOLOGY; WASTE HEAT;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 79955515571     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2011.02.019     Document Type: Article

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