Simultaneous power generation and heat recovery using a heat pipe assisted thermoelectric generator system

被引：124

作者：

Remeli, Muhammad Fairuz ^{[1
,2
]}

Tan, Lippong ^{[1
]}

Date, Abhijit ^{[1
]}

Singh, Baljit ^{[1
,2
]}

Akbarzadeh, Aliakbar ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] RMIT Univ, Sch Aerosp Mech & Mfg Engn, Energy Conservat & Renewable Energy EnergyCARE Gr, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

[2] Univ Teknol MARA UiTM, Fac Mech Engn, Shah Alam 40450, Selangor, Malaysia

来源：

ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT | 2015年 / 91卷

关键词：

Thermoelectric power generator (TEG); Thermoelectric cells; Heat pipes; Waste heat; Industrial heat recovery; Passive heat transfer;

D O I：

10.1016/j.enconman.2014.12.001

中图分类号：

O414.1 [热力学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

This research explores a new method of recovering waste heat and electricity using a combination of heat pipes and thermoelectric generators (HP-TEG). The HP-TEG system consists of Bismuth Telluride (Bi2Te3) based thermoelectric generators (TEGs), which are sandwiched between two finned heat pipes to achieve a temperature gradient across the TEG for thermoelectricity generation. A theoretical model was developed to predict the waste heat recovery and electricity conversion performances of the HP-TEG system under different parametric conditions. The modelling results show that the HP-TEG system has the capability of recovering 1.345 kW of waste heat and generating 10.39W of electrical power using 8 installed TEGs. An experimental test bench for the HP-TEG system is under development and will be discussed in this paper. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：110 / 119

页数：10

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