Design Methodology of Large-scale Thermoelectric Generation: A Hierarchical Modeling Approach in SPICE

Min Chen; Junling  Gao; Junpeng Zhu; Zhengdong Kang; Jianzhong Zhang; Ryosuke Suzuki

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Design Methodology of Large-scale Thermoelectric Generation: A Hierarchical Modeling Approach in SPICE

Min Chen, Junling Gao, Junpeng Zhu, Zhengdong Kang, Jianzhong Zhang, Ryosuke Suzuki

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A thermoelectric generation system (TEGS) consists of not only thermoelectric modules (TEMs), but also the external load circuitry and the fluidic heat sources. In this paper, a system-level model is proposed in the SPICE-compatible environment to seamlessly integrate the complete fluid-thermal-electric-circuit multiphysics behaviors. Firstly, a quasi one-dimension numerical model for the thermal fluids and their non-uniform temperature distribution as the boundary condition for TEMs is implemented in SPICE using electrothermal analogy. Secondly, the electric field calculation of the previously proposed device-level SPICE model is upgraded to reflect the resistive behaviors of thermoelements, so that the electric connections among spatially distributed TEMs and the load circuitry can be freely combined in the simulation. Thirdly, a hierarchical and TEM-object oriented strategy is developed to make the system modeling and design scalable, flexible, and programmable. To validate the proposed system model, a TEGS including 8 TEMs is constructed. Through comparisons between simulation results and experimental data, it is clear that the cooptimization of the entire TEGS is enabled by the proposed model.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, IAS 2011
Number of pages	7
Publisher	IEEE Press
Publication date	2011
Pages	1-7
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4244-9498-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IAS.2011.6074430
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, IAS 2011 - Orlando, FL, United States Duration: 9 Oct 2011 → 13 Oct 2011

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Conference	IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, IAS 2011
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando, FL
Period	09/10/2011 → 13/10/2011

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Chen, M, Gao, J, Zhu, J, Kang, Z, Zhang, J & Suzuki, R 2011, Design Methodology of Large-scale Thermoelectric Generation: A Hierarchical Modeling Approach in SPICE. in Proceedings of IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, IAS 2011. IEEE Press, pp. 1-7, IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, IAS 2011, Orlando, FL, United States, 09/10/2011. https://doi.org/10.1109/IAS.2011.6074430

Design Methodology of Large-scale Thermoelectric Generation: A Hierarchical Modeling Approach in SPICE. / Chen, Min; Gao, Junling ; Zhu, Junpeng et al.
Proceedings of IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, IAS 2011. IEEE Press, 2011. p. 1-7.

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