A high-temperature, high-efficiency solar thermoelectric generator prototype

Energy Procedia

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 1460-1469

  Olsen, M L ^a   Warren, E L ^b   Parilla, P A ^a   Toberer, E S ^a,b   Kennedy, C E ^a   Snyder, G J ^c   Firdosy, S A ^d   Nesmith, B ^d   Zakutayev, A ^a   Goodrich, A ^a   Turchi, C S ^a   Netter, J ^a   Gray, M H ^a   Ndione, P F ^a   Tirawat, R ^a   Baranowski, L L ^b   Gray, A ^a   Ginley, D S ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Solar cavity receivers; Solar thermoelectric generators; Solar selective absorbers; Solid state heat engines

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENGINES; HEAT ENGINES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR FURNACES; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY;

ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY; SOLAR CAVITY RECEIVER; SOLAR THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS; SOLAR-SELECTIVE ABSORBERS; STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS;

SOLAR ABSORBERS;

EID: 84902253250     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2014.03.155     Document Type: Conference Paper

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