Thermoelectric generators: Linking material properties and systems engineering for waste heat recovery applications
By Saniya LeBlanc. 2014
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Abstract Waste-heat recovery with thermoelectric power generators can improve energy efficiency and provide distributed electricity generation. New thermoelectric materials and material performance improvements motivate development of thermoelectric generators for numerous applications with excess exhaust and process heat. However, thermoelectric generator product development requires solving coupled challenges in materials development and systems engineering. This review discusses these challenges and indicates ways system-level performance relies on more factors than traditional thermoelectric material performance metrics alone. Relevant thermo-mechanical and chemical material properties, system components such as thermal interface materials and heat exchangers, and system form factors are examined. Manufacturing processes and total system cost components are evaluated to provide product development and commercial feasibility contexts.
Subfields: Civil and Structural Engineering, Materials Chemistry
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Citations in the corpus
- A comprehensive review of thermoelectric technology: materials, applications, modelling and performance improvement (2016, background): “Regarding TEG devices, product development requires solving coupled challenges in materials development and systems engineering to enable new thermoelectric materials and material performance improvements for development of thermoelectric generators for numerous applications [24].”