Maximum Power of Thermally and Electrically Coupled Thermoelectric Generators

Entropy

Pablo Camacho-Medina¹  Miguel Angel Olivares-Robles¹  Alexander Vargas-Almeida² 

[1] Instituto Politecnico Nacional, SEPI ESIME-CUL, Av. Santa Ana 1000, Culhuacan, Coyoacan 04430, Mexico; E-Mail:;Departamento de Termofluidos, Facultad de Ingenieria, UNAM, Mexico 04510, Mexico; E-Mails:

关键词: thermoelectric generator;    maximum power;    figure of merit;   

DOI  :  10.3390/e16052890

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

In a recent work, we have reported a study on the figure of merit of a thermoelectric system composed by thermoelectric generators connected electrically and thermally in different configurations. In this work, we are interested in analyzing the output power delivered by a thermoelectric system for different arrays of thermoelectric materials in each configuration. Our study shows the impact of the array of thermoelectric materials in the output power of the composite system. We evaluate numerically the corresponding maximum output power for each configuration and determine the optimum array and configuration for maximum power. We compare our results with other recently reported studies.

【 授权许可】

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