Designing output-power-optimized thermoelectric generators via analytic and finite element method modelling

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 695-699

  Assion, F ^a   Fischer, C ^b   Schonhof M ^a   Hilleringmann, U ^a   Hedayat, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR ELECTRONIC NANO SYSTEMS ENAS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analytic; Design; FEM; Model; Numerical; Optimization; TEG

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC; ANALYTIC CALCULATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD SIMULATION; GEOMETRIC STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL; TEG; THERMO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS;

DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MODELS; THERMOCOUPLES; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY; WASTE HEAT;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84877623010     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIT.2013.6505756     Document Type: Conference Paper

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