A review on bismuth telluride (Bi2Te3) nanostructure for thermoelectric applications

H Mamur, MRA Bhuiyan, F Korkmaz, M Nil - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Bismuth Telluride (Bi 2 Te 3) is basically known as an efficient thermoelectric
material. Nowadays, it has been attracted a great deal of interest in energy harvesting, chip …

An overview of environmental energy harvesting by thermoelectric generators

M Feng, S Lv, J Deng, Y Guo, Y Wu, G Shi… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Harvesting sustainable energy from environmental energy through thermoelectric
generators to uninterruptedly generate clean electricity offers a potential solution to the …

Hybrid renewable energy systems for desalination

F Esmaeilion - Applied Water Science, 2020 - Springer
Water and energy are two key factors in human life that always control the growth and
development of human societies. Climate changes, increasing the population in urban areas …

A review on meta-heuristics methods for estimating parameters of solar cells

D Oliva, M Abd Elaziz, AH Elsheikh, AA Ewees - Journal of Power Sources, 2019 - Elsevier
Sun is considered as an important source of energy, and nowadays it is studied by
researches from different areas. The current technologies are not able to convert solar …

[HTML][HTML] Salinity gradient solar ponds hybrid systems for power generation and water desalination

M Tawalbeh, RMN Javed, A Al-Othman… - Energy Conversion and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar energy is preferred over other energy sources because of its low cost, ease of
collecting, and availability as a source of power, as well as its effectiveness in reducing …

Heating load, COP and exergetic efficiency optimizations for TEG-TEH combined thermoelectric device with Thomson effect and external heat transfer

L Chen, G Lorenzini - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
A thermodynamic model of thermoelectric (TE) generator (TEG) driven TE heat pump (TEH)
combined-device (TEG-TEH) with Thomson effect and external heat transfer loss is built by …

Jellyfish search algorithm based optimal thermoelectric generation array reconfiguration under non-uniform temperature distribution condition

B Yang, S Wu, Q Li, Y Yan, D Li, E Luo, C Zeng… - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) can convert heat to electricity based on the temperature
difference between their hot and cold sides. However, during practical operations, low …

Performance evaluation of serpentine tube coupled with modified twisted tapes utilized as heat extraction coil in solar ponds

M Khoshvaght-Aliabadi, EA Ghods-Nahry - Solar Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The thermal energy collected and stored by solar ponds is usually extracted by using some
heat exchangers, where curved tubes form their core. The present study aims to appraise …

Evaluation of solar thermal system configurations for thermoelectric generator applications: A critical review

K Karthick, S Suresh, MMMD Hussain, HM Ali… - Solar Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) have become a notable topic for research in the last three
decades. TEG is a promising element in the field of renewable energy in this age of ever …

Thermodynamic feasibility evaluation of an innovative salinity gradient solar ponds-based ORC using a zeotropic mixture as working fluid and LNG cold energy

AH Mosaffa, LG Farshi - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Thermodynamic feasibility evaluation is investigated for a salinity gradient solar pond-based
power generation system. A dual-pressure evaporation organic Rankine cycle using the …