Waste energy harvesting with a thermoelectric generator

Proceedings of the 21st Conference on the Domestic Use of Energy, DUE 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 79-84

  Maharaj, S ^a   Govender, P ^a  

^a DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE SOURCE; DIRECT CONVERSION; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; SOCIETAL PROBLEMS; THERMO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS;

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

THERMOELECTRICITY;

EID: 84879760073     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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