Optimal design of thermoelectric generators embedded in a thermal resistance network

IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 612-621

  Brownell, Elizabeth ^a   Hodes, Marc ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

Optimization; Thermoelectric generator (TEG); Thermoelectric module (TEM)

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; HEAT RESISTANCE; OPTIMIZATION; PELLETIZING; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOELECTRICITY;

ELECTRICAL CONTACT RESISTANCE; LOAD RESISTANCES; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMAL RESISTANCE NETWORKS; THERMO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS; THERMOELECTRIC MODULES;

THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84897500838     PISSN: 21563950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCPMT.2013.2295169     Document Type: Article

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