Thermodynamics and thermal stress analysis of thermoelectric power generator: Influence of pin geometry on device performance

A. S. Al-Merbati; B. S. Yilbas; A. Z. Sahin

doi:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.07.021

Thermodynamics and thermal stress analysis of thermoelectric power generator: Influence of pin geometry on device performance

A. S. Al-Merbati, B. S. Yilbas^*, A. Z. Sahin

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Thermodynamics and thermal stress analysis of thermo-electric power generator is carried out. The influence of device geometry on thermal stress, thermal efficiency and output power is examined. The finite element method is incorporated to predict temperature and stress fields in the thermo electric device. It is found that thermal efficiency improves for certain geometric configuration of the device. In this case; the maximum thermal stress developed in the pin reduces slightly indicating improved life expectation of the device.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	683-692
Number of pages	10
Journal	Applied Thermal Engineering
Volume	50
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2012.07.021
State	Published - 2013

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Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the funded project# RG 1204 via support of Thermoelectric Group formed by the Deanship of Scientific Research and Center of Excellence for Scientific Research Collaboration with MIT and King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia for this work.

Keywords

Efficiency
Power generation
Thermal stress
Thermoelectric

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Mechanical Engineering
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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Thermodynamics and thermal stress analysis of thermoelectric power generator: Influence of pin geometry on device performance

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