Progress of thermoelectric power generation systems: Prospect for small to medium scale power generation

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue , 2014, Pages 371-381

  Date, Ashwin ^a   Date, Abhijit ^a   Dixon, Chris ^a   Akbarzadeh, Aliakbar ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cooling systems; Passive cooling; Solar pond; Thermoelectric power generation

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MATERIALS; ALTERNATE ENERGY SOURCES; ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES; PASSIVE COOLING; POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS; THERMO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS;

COOLING SYSTEMS; FOSSIL FUELS; SOLAR PONDS; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

THERMOELECTRIC POWER;

EID: 84897722594     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.01.081     Document Type: Review

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