Comparison of the two-stage and traditional single-stage thermoelectric generator in recovering the waste heat of the high temperature exhaust gas of internal combustion engine

Energy

Volumn 77, Issue , 2014, Pages 489-498

  Sun, Xiuxiu ^a   Liang, Xingyu ^a   Shu, Gequn ^a   Tian, Hua ^a   Wei, Haiqiao ^a   Wang, Xiangxiang ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Exhaust gas; Internal combustion engine; Optimization; Performance; Thermoelectric generator

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; COMBUSTION EQUIPMENT; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EXERGY; EXHAUST GASES; GASES; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; OPTIMIZATION; TEMPERATURE; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY; WASTE HEAT; WASTE INCINERATION;

EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; EXTERNAL RESISTANCE; HEAT SOURCE TEMPERATURES; MEDIUM TEMPERATURE; PERFORMANCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; THERMO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS;

HEAT TRANSFER PERFORMANCE;

COMBUSTION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENGINE; EXERGY; EXHAUST EMISSION; HEAT SOURCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84909632523     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.09.032     Document Type: Article

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