Improving the ability of thermoelectric generators to absorb industrial waste heat through three-dimensional structure optimization

Z Miao, X Meng, L Liu - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
A large amount of waste heat in the industrial sector is lost to the environment in the form of
radiant heat, causing serious energy loss. In this study, thermoelectric conversion …

Design a high-performance thermoelectric generator by analyzing industrial heat transfer

Z Miao, X Meng, X Li - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Industrial production will release a large amount of waste heat into the environment and
cause serious energy waste. Currently, most waste heat recovery technologies cannot …

Analyzing and optimizing the power generation performance of thermoelectric generators based on an industrial environment

Z Miao, X Meng, L Liu - Journal of Power Sources, 2022 - Elsevier
The industrial production process consumes electricity and generates a lot of waste heat.
Recycling waste heat for power generation can effectively improve energy efficiency. This …

Performance evaluation and improvement of thermoelectric generators (TEG): Fin installation and compromise optimization

WH Chen, CM Wang, LH Saw, AT Hoang… - Energy Conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
How to improve the performance of thermoelectric generators is an important issue to
recover waste heat and convert it into green power, which is conducive to practicing net-zero …

Design of heat sink for improving the performance of thermoelectric generator using two-stage optimization

CC Wang, CI Hung, WH Chen - Energy, 2012 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric (TE) devices can provide clean energy conversion and are environmentally
friendly; however, little research has been published on the optimal design of air-cooling …

Sizing optimization of thermoelectric generator for low-grade thermal energy utilization: module level and system level

H Cai, Z Ye, G Liu, A Romagnoli, D Ji - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
With the significant improvement of thermoelectric material properties, the thermoelectric
generator is attracting more attention in heat recovery. The geometric parameters and …

Device modeling and performance optimization of thermoelectric generators under isothermal and isoflux heat source condition

M Ranjan, T Maiti - Journal of Power Sources, 2020 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric generator (TEG) is considered as promising way of clean energy generation
by recycling waste heat, but its poor performance due to several kinds of energy losses …

A three-dimensional model for thermoelectric generator and the influence of Peltier effect on the performance and heat transfer

M Liao, Z He, C Jiang, Y Li, F Qi - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric generator has been considered as a promising device to recover industrial
waste heat for electricity generating. To figure out the heat transfer and electric conduction …

An optimization study of structural size of parameterized thermoelectric generator module on performance

J Wang, Y Li, C Zhao, Y Cai, L Zhu, C Zhang… - Energy Conversion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
A TEG module with 199 thermoelectric (TE) couples was simulated with constant and
variable property parameters respectively. It is indicated that the simulative results with …

Optimization design by evolutionary computation for minimizing thermal stress of a thermoelectric generator with varied numbers of square pin fins

WH Chen, CM Wang, DS Lee, EE Kwon… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermal stress plays an important role in the lifetime of thermoelectric generators, and its
minimization can prolong the usage of the generators. To figure out and efficiently lower the …