Thermoelectric-generator with linear phenomenological heat-transfer law

Lingen Chen, Fengrui Sun and Chih Wu

Applied Energy, 2005, vol. 81, issue 4, 358-364

Abstract: The performance of multi-element thermoelectric-generators, assuming heat-transfer irreversibilities which obey the linear phenomenological heat-transfer law QÂ [is proportional to]Â ([Delta]T-1), is studied in this paper by combining finite-time thermodynamics with non-equilibrium thermodynamics. The performance characteristics of the output power, efficiency and working electrical-current are described by numerical examples.

Keywords: Linear; phenomenological; heat-transfer; law; Thermoelectrical; generators; Performance; analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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