A comprehensive review of thermoelectric technology: Materials, applications, modelling and performance improvement

S Twaha, J Zhu, Y Yan, B Li - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric (TE) technology is regarded as alternative and environmentally friendly
technology for harvesting and recovering heat which is directly converted into electrical …

Energy and exergy analyses and optimizations for two-stage TEC driven by two-stage TEG with Thomson effect

LG Chen, YL Ge, HJ Feng, TT Ren - Science China Technological …, 2024 - Springer
Based on the non-equilibrium thermodynamics and energy and exergy analyses, a
thermodynamic model of two-stage thermoelectric (TE) cooler (TTEC) driven by two-stage …

Performance optimization of a class of combined thermoelectric heating devices

LG Chen, FK Meng, YL Ge, HJ Feng, SJ Xia - Science China …, 2020 - Springer
A detailed model of thermally-driven combined thermoelectric (TE) heating device is
established. The device consists of two-stage TE heat pump (TTEH) and two-stage TE …

Performance optimization for a multielement thermoelectric refrigerator with linear phenomenological heat transfer law

L Chen, F Meng, Y Ge, H Feng - Journal of Non-Equilibrium …, 2021 - degruyter.com
A model of a multielement thermoelectric refrigerator with another linear heat transfer law,
the linear phenomenological heat transfer law Q∝ Δ (1/T), is established. The refrigerating …

Thermoelectric generator for industrial gas phase waste heat recovery

F Meng, L Chen, Y Feng, B Xiong - energy, 2017 - Elsevier
A technical solution recycling exhaust gas sensible heat based on thermoelectric power
generation is proposed by using finite time thermodynamics. The effects of some key …

Thermodynamic analysis of thermoelectric generator including influence of Thomson effect and leg geometry configuration

R Lamba, SC Kaushik - Energy Conversion and Management, 2017 - Elsevier
To improve the power output and efficiency of the thermoelectric generator system, the
variation in the thermoelectric leg configuration is another option. In this paper, the …

Design and optimization of a cubic two-stage thermoelectric cooler for thermal performance enhancement

Z Liu, G Hu, J Wang, Y Suo, Y Ye, G Li… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Low-temperature condition is highly required in many fields, such as aerospace, medical
devices, and electronic components. The development of devices to provide low …

The influence of Thomson effect in the performance optimization of a two stage thermoelectric generator

S Manikandan, SC Kaushik - Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
In this paper, the exoreversible and irreversible thermodynamic models of a TTEG (two
stage thermoelectric Generator) considering Thomson effect combined with Peltier, Joule …

Maximum power density analyses of a novel hybrid system based upon solid oxide fuel cells, vacuum thermionic generators and thermoelectric generators

S Chen, H Zhang, F Wang, H Miao, J Zhao… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Apart from electricity, solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) generates a great deal of high-grade
exhaust heat, which must be immediately removed to guarantee SOFC's normal operation …

Transient performance of a Peltier super cooler under varied electric pulse conditions with phase change material

C Selvam, S Manikandan, SC Kaushik, R Lamba… - Energy Conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, a novel technique to improve the performance of Peltier cooler under varying
electric pulse conditions has been studied with the use of phase change material (PCM) …