The amplifying effect of natural convection on power generation of thermogalvanic cells

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 78, Issue , 2014, Pages 423-434

  Gunawan, Andrey ^a   Li, Hechao ^a   Lin, Chao Han ^a   Buttry, Daniel A ^b   Mujica, Vladimiro ^b   Taylor, Robert A ^c   Prasher, Ravi S ^a   Phelan, Patrick E ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lewis number; Natural convection; Nusselt number; Sherwood number; Thermocell; Thermoelectrochemical cell

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; NATURAL CONVECTION; NUSSELT NUMBER;

BACK GROUND ELECTROLYTE; ELECTRODE TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; LEWIS NUMBERS; OPTIMUM CONCENTRATION; SHERWOOD NUMBERS; THERMO-ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; THERMOCELL; AMPLIFYING EFFECT; THERMOGALVANIC CELLS;

SPACE POWER GENERATION; NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 84905046964     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2014.07.007     Document Type: Article

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