Experimental investigation on the influence of phase change material on the output performance of thermoelectric generator

J Wang, X Song, Q Ni, X Li, Q Meng - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) can convert heat into electricity directly. However, the
thermal boundary conditions are intermittent and high temperature in most TEG systems …

Protection and thermal management of thermoelectric generator system using phase change materials: An experimental investigation

SA Atouei, A Rezania, AA Ranjbar, LA Rosendahl - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
In most thermoelectric systems the thermal boundary conditions are transient, and thermal
management of the system is critical to improve electrical performance of the system. In this …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing the transient performance of thermoelectric generator with PCM by Taguchi method

Z Shi, G Wang, C Liu, Q Lv, B Gong, Y Zhang, Y Yan - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Phase change material (PCM) is an effective thermal management method to improve the
thermoelectric conversion performance of a system. PCM can not only absorb excessive …

Optimized output electricity of thermoelectric generators by matching phase change material and thermoelectric material for intermittent heat sources

Y Tian, A Liu, J Wang, Y Zhou, C Bao, H Xie, Z Wu… - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) are usually working in intermittent heat source
environments, and thus the phase change material (PCM) has been widely adopted in to …

Experimental investigation of two-stage thermoelectric generator system integrated with phase change materials

SA Atouei, AA Ranjbar, A Rezania - Applied energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Due to limitations in performance of thermoelectric materials, applying two-stage
thermoelectric generator (TTEG) has been proposed to improve the performance of …

Experimental investigation on performance improvement of thermoelectric generator based on phase change materials and heat transfer enhancement

Y Wang, Y Peng, K Guo, X Zheng, J Darkwa, H Zhong - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric application has been widely researched due to its various advantages. Its
use has been limited to niche industrial applications and exploratory research development …

Improving transient performance of thermoelectric generator by integrating phase change material

K Huang, Y Yan, G Wang, B Li - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric generator (TEG) based on Seebeck effect, which is well regarded as an
effective way for waste heat recovery, has stepped into vision of automotive researchers in …

Performance optimization for a novel two-stage thermoelectric generator with different PCMs embedding modes

H Yang, M Li, Z Wang, F Ren, Y Yang, B Ma, Y Zhu - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, a novel two-stage TEG with different phase change materials (PCMs)
embedding modes is proposed to improve the efficiency of TEG systems. The output power …

Enhanced thermal performance of a thermoelectric generator with phase change materials

C Selvam, S Manikandan, NV Krishna, R Lamba… - … Communications in Heat …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this article, a computational study of the thermal management of thermoelectric generator
(TEG) with phase change materials (PCM) is made. The test model has been developed and …

Heat transfer mechanism and structure design of phase change materials to improve thermoelectric device performance

JH Meng, DY Gao, Y Liu, K Zhang, G Lu - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, the use of phase change materials (PCM) to improve the output performance
of semiconductor thermoelectric generators (TEG) and maintain the long-term work of TEG …