Thermoelectric performance of novel composite and integrated devices applied to waste heat recovery

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Reddy, B V K ^a   Barry, Matthew ^a   Li, John ^a   Chyu, Minking K ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

analytical model; composite; conventional; integrated; performance; thermoelectrics; waste heat recovery

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC CONDITIONS; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; BOTTOM SURFACES; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; CONVENTIONAL; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; EFFICIENCY PREDICTIONS; ELECTRICAL CURRENT; EXPONENTIAL INCREASE; EXPOSED TO; FIXED TEMPERATURE; FLOW CHANNELS; HEAT INPUT; INTEGRATED; INTEGRATED DEVICE; INTERCONNECTOR MATERIALS; INTERCONNECTORS; INTERNAL HEAT EXCHANGER; PERFORMANCE; POWER OUT PUT; SLICE THICKNESS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENTIAL; THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES; THERMOELECTRIC ELEMENT; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; THERMOELECTRICS; WORKING FLUID;

ANALYTICAL MODELS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; THERMOELECTRICITY; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 84874058401     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4007892     Document Type: Article

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