Thermoelectric generators for automotive waste heat recovery systems part I: Numerical modeling and baseline model analysis

Journal of Electronic Materials

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 665-674

  Kumar, Sumeet ^a   Heister, Stephen D ^a   Xu, Xianfan ^a   Salvador, James R ^b   Meisner, Gregory P ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

automotive exhaust; skutterudites; Thermoelectric generators; waste heat recovery

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE EXHAUST; AUTOMOTIVE WASTE HEATS; ELECTRICAL POWER OUTPUT; PLATE-FIN HEAT EXCHANGER; THERMAL RESISTANCE NETWORKS; THERMO-ELECTRIC MODULES; THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS;

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODELS; PRESSURE DROP; SKUTTERUDITES; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY; WASTE HEAT; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 84876503644     PISSN: 03615235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11664-013-2471-9     Document Type: Article

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