Design of heat sink for improving the performance of thermoelectric generator using two-stage optimization

Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 236-245

  Wang, Chien Chang ^a   Hung, Chen I ^a   Chen, Wei Hsin ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Compromise programming; Finite element scheme; Heat sink design; Scaling effect; Thermoelectric generator (TEG); Two stage optimization

Indexed keywords

COOLING SYSTEMS; DESIGN; ENERGY CONVERSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT SINKS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; THERMOELECTRICITY;

COMPROMISE PROGRAMMING; FINITE ELEMENT SCHEMES; HEAT SINK DESIGN; SCALING EFFECT; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS; TWO STAGE OPTIMIZATIONS;

THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

AIR CONDITIONING; COOLING; DESIGN METHOD; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT COMPONENT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SCALE EFFECT; THERMAL POWER;

EID: 84862802134     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.01.025     Document Type: Article

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