Pyroelectric energy converter for harvesting waste heat: Simulations versus experiments

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 55, Issue 15-16, 2012, Pages 4301-4311

  Moreno, Raylene C ^a   James, Brian A ^a   Navid, Ashcon ^a   Pilon, Laurent ^a  

^a Engineering IV   (United States)

Author keywords

Ericsson cycle; Ferroelectric materials; Heat recovery; Microchannels; Olsen cycle; Oscillating flow; Pyroelectric energy; Pyroelectricity

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; ENERGY CONVERTERS; ENERGY EQUATION; ERICSSON CYCLES; EXPERIMENTAL DEVICES; LOCAL MEAN; LOCAL TEMPERATURE; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OLSEN CYCLE; OPERATING FREQUENCY; PYROELECTRIC ENERGY; PYROELECTRIC THIN FILMS; SILICONE OIL; THERMAL SOURCE; TIME-DEPENDENT TEMPERATURE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL TRANSIENT; VERTICAL MICROCHANNEL; WORKING FLUID;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUIDS; MICROCHANNELS; OSCILLATING FLOW; PYROELECTRICITY; SILICONES; THERMOCOUPLES; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

WASTE HEAT;

EID: 84861528474     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.03.075     Document Type: Article

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