TY - CHAP
T1 - Integration of Heat Exchangers with Thermoelectric Modules
AU - Rezaniakolaei, Alireza
PY - 2017/9
Y1 - 2017/9
N2 - Fundamentally, it is essential to have some basic components in a thermoelectric generator (TEG) system to be able to harvest energy. To achieve a high-performance system with overall efficiency close to conversion efficiency of thermoelectric materials, the components need to be considered thermally interdependent in the system designs. This chapter studies the effect of the heat exchangers design on system performance, and discusses the challenges through accurate analyses techniques while introducing proper cooling technologies. Proper design of a TEG system involves design optimization processes wherein the critical system components such as the TEG module and the heat exchangers are thermally coupled. The optimization techniques of the TEG systems coupled with the heat transfer through the system using a maximum efficiency-power map for waste heat recovery applications offer maximum efficiency with only a small power penalty for a high specific power performance of the TEG system.
AB - Fundamentally, it is essential to have some basic components in a thermoelectric generator (TEG) system to be able to harvest energy. To achieve a high-performance system with overall efficiency close to conversion efficiency of thermoelectric materials, the components need to be considered thermally interdependent in the system designs. This chapter studies the effect of the heat exchangers design on system performance, and discusses the challenges through accurate analyses techniques while introducing proper cooling technologies. Proper design of a TEG system involves design optimization processes wherein the critical system components such as the TEG module and the heat exchangers are thermally coupled. The optimization techniques of the TEG systems coupled with the heat transfer through the system using a maximum efficiency-power map for waste heat recovery applications offer maximum efficiency with only a small power penalty for a high specific power performance of the TEG system.
KW - Cooling technologies
KW - Design optimization
KW - Microchannel heat exchanger design
KW - Power-efficiency map
KW - TEG Systems
KW - Thermoelectric modules
U2 - 10.1002/9783527698110.ch8
DO - 10.1002/9783527698110.ch8
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 9783527340712
T3 - Advanced Micro and Nanosystems
BT - Thermoelectric Energy Conversion
PB - Wiley-VCH
ER -