A study of using a thermoelectric generator to harvest energy from a table lamp

Energy

Volumn 76, Issue , 2014, Pages 788-798

  Weng, Chien Chou ^a   Huang, Mei Jiau ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Compact heat sink model; Lamp; Thermoelectric generator; Waste heat recovery

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC LAMPS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT SINKS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; THERMOELECTRICITY; WASTE HEAT; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

CIRCUIT SYSTEMS; COMPACT HEAT SINK; EFFECTIVE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXTERNAL LOADS; INTERNAL RESISTANCE; MEASURED TEMPERATURES; THERMAL CONDUCTANCE; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS;

THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER GENERATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84908480841     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.08.078     Document Type: Article

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