Modeling, experiments and optimization of an on-pipe thermoelectric generator

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 122, Issue , 2016, Pages 298-309

  Chen, Jie ^a   Zuo, Lei ^a   Wu, Yongjia ^a   Klein, Jackson ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Experiment; Modeling; Optimization; Thermoelectric generator

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PLANTS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENERGY HARVESTING; EXPERIMENTS; HEAT SINKS; HEAT TRANSFER; MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSOR NODES; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; THERMOELECTRICITY;

ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TEMPERATURE RESPONSE; THERMO-ELECTRIC MODULES; THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS; THERMOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; THERMOELECTRIC SYSTEMS;

HEAT PIPES;

EID: 84973128306     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2016.05.087     Document Type: Article

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