Modelling heat exchangers for thermoelectric generators

By J. Esarte, G. Min, D. Rowe. 2001

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Exhaust energy conversion by thermoelectric generator: Two case studies (2011, background): “Rowe and co-workers have concentrated on the modules themselves, doing fundamental work examining their optimization for waste heat recovery [16–20].”
Design of heat sink for improving the performance of thermoelectric generator using two-stage optimization (2012, methodology): “[14] employed a theoretical method to analyze the influence of the design parameters of heat exchangers on the power supplied by a TEG.”
A numerical model and comparative investigation of a thermoelectric generator with multi-irreversibi (2011, background): “[39] analyzed the influence of fluid flow rate, heat exchanger geometry, fluid properties and inlet temperatures on the power supplied by the thermoelectric generator.”
Comparison and parameter optimization of a two-stage thermoelectric generator using high temperature exhaust of internal combustion engine (2014, background): “Most studies on the TEG system have focused on model optimization [11–17], geometric parameter of thermocouple [18–20], heat exchanger [21,22], material [23,24], and new TEG structure [25,26].”
Material and manufacturing cost considerations for thermoelectrics (2014, background): “The cost of thermoelectric cooling can be compared against the operating cost of absorption refrigeration and air conditioning [14,87], and many of the chalcogenides are cost competitive.”