Thermoelectric energy harvesting from diurnal heat flow in the upper soil layer

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 64, Issue , 2012, Pages 397-402

  Whalen, Scott A ^a   Dykhuizen, Ronald C ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Soil; Solar; Subterranean; Thermoelectric; Thermopile

Indexed keywords

ALBUQUERQUE , NEW MEXICO; AVERAGE POWER; BISMUTH-TELLURIDE; CHEMICAL BATTERIES; CONTINUOUS OPERATION; ENERGY DENSITY; ENERGY HARVESTER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIELD TESTING; FLOWTHROUGH; FORM FACTORS; KEY FEATURE; LOW POWER; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PEAK POWER; POWER SOURCES; REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS; SOIL LAYER; SOLAR; SPECIFIC ENERGY; SUBTERRANEAN; THERMAL LOSS; THERMOELECTRIC; THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BISMUTH; ENERGY HARVESTING; HEAT TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS; TERNARY SYSTEMS; THERMAL INSULATION; TUNGSTEN;

THERMOPILES;

EID: 84866527751     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2012.06.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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