Experimental investigation of the applicability of a thermoelectric generator to recover waste heat from a combustion chamber

P. Aranguren, D. Astrain, A. Rodríguez and A. Martínez

Applied Energy, 2015, vol. 152, issue C, 130 pages

Abstract: A thermoelectric generator prototype has been built; it produces 21.56W of net power, the produced thermoelectric power minus the consumption of the auxiliary equipment, using an area of 0.25m2 (approximately 100W/m2). The prototype is located at the exhaust of a combustion chamber and it is provided with 48 thermoelectric modules and two different kinds of heat exchangers, finned heat sinks and heat pipes. Globally, the 40% of the primary energy used is thrown to the ambient as waste heat; one of the many different applications in which thermoelectricity can be applied is to harvest waste heat to produce electrical power.

Keywords: Thermoelectricity; Prototype; Combustion chamber; Waste heat (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.04.077

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