A 1kWe thermoelectric stack for geothermal power generation - Modeling and geometrical optimization

Applied Energy

Volumn 99, Issue , 2012, Pages 379-385

  Suter, C ^a   Jovanovic, Z R ^a   Steinfeld, A ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Geothermal; Modeling; Optimization; Stack; Thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HEAT TRANSFER; MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; WATER;

CHANNEL HEIGHT; COLD WATERS; COUNTER-FLOW CHANNELS; GEOMETRICAL OPTIMIZATION; GEOTHERMAL; GEOTHERMAL HEAT; GEOTHERMAL POWER GENERATION; HEAT TRANSFER MODEL; HOT WATER; LEG LENGTH; MEAN RELATIVE ERROR; OUTLET TEMPERATURE; PARALLEL PLATES; STACK; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMOELECTRIC; THERMOELECTRIC CONVERTER;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION;

ARRAY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; GEOMETRY; GEOTHERMAL POWER; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; OXIDE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EID: 84864795812     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.05.033     Document Type: Article

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