Thermal challenges on solar concentrated thermoelectric CHP systems

InterSociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, ITHERM

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1144-1150

  Yazawa, Kazuaki ^a,b   Wong, Vernon K ^a   Shakouri, Ali ^a,b  

^a University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CHP; concentrated solar; renewable; thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

A-CENTER; CHP; CHP-SYSTEMS; COLD SIDE; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER GENERATION; CONCENTRATED SOLAR; ELECTRICAL POWER; ENERGY FLUXES; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; FRESNEL LENS; HEAT SPREADERS; HOT PLATES; HOT WATER; LOAD RESISTANCES; LOAD RESISTORS; OPTICAL OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; POWER OUT PUT; RENEWABLE; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; RESIDENTIAL APPLICATION; SOLAR CONCENTRATION; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMOELECTRIC; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS; WATER COOLING; WATER TEMPERATURES;

DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT RESISTANCE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; OPTIMIZATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SUN; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 84866152303     PISSN: 19363958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITHERM.2012.6231552     Document Type: Conference Paper

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