In past centuries, men have mainly looked to increase their production of energy in order to
develop their industry, means of transport and quality of life. Since the recent energy crisis …

Transport represents over a quarter of Europe's greenhouse gas emissions and is the
leading cause of air pollution in cities. It has not seen the same gradual decline in emissions …

As compared with single-stage thermoelectric coolers (TECs), two-stage TECs can achieve
a larger temperature drop when TECs operate at steady state conditions. In this work, pulse …

In the last centuries, men have mainly looked into increasing their production of energy in
order to develop their industry, their means of transport and their quality of life. Since the …

Energy harvesting has become a promising and alternative solution to conventional energy
generation patterns to overcome the problem of supplying autonomous electrical systems …

For a round shaped heat source or heat sink, annular thermoelectric couples (ATCs) are
designed to remove the contact thermal resistance induced by geometrical mismatching. In …

Thermal analysis of a segmented thermoelectric generator is performed, and the segmented
leg configurations maximizing the efficiency and the output power are formulated. The effect …

A robust method is proposed for optimal design of electrically separated two-stage
thermoelectric refrigeration systems based on chemical reaction optimization algorithm …

The Seebeck effect is used in thermoelectric generators (TEGs) to supply electronic circuits
by converting the waste thermal into electrical energy. This generated electrical power is …

The global optimal working conditions and optimal couple design for thermoelectric (TE)
generators with realistic thermal coupling between the heat reservoirs and the TE couple …