Thermoelectric Generators: A comprehensive review of characteristics and applications

F Tohidi, SG Holagh, A Chitsaz - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Energy crisis and associated environmental issues are the main challenges in today's
changing world, where there is a growing demand for electricity. To address such …

Recent advances in modeling and simulation of thermoelectric power generation

D Luo, Z Liu, Y Yan, Y Li, R Wang, L Zhang… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermoelectric power generation is a renewable energy conversion technology that can
directly convert heat into electricity. In recent years, a great number of theoretical models …

A two-stage approach for combined heat and power economic emission dispatch: Combining multi-objective optimization with integrated decision making

Y Li, J Wang, D Zhao, G Li, C Chen - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
To address the problem of combined heat and power economic emission dispatch
(CHPEED), a two-stage approach is proposed by combining multi-objective optimization …

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 …

Dynamic reconfiguration for TEG systems under heterogeneous temperature distribution via adaptive coordinated seeker

Y Chen, B Yang, Z Guo, J Wang, M Zhu… - … and Control of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A thermoelectric generation (TEG) system has the weakness of relatively low thermoelectric
conversion efficiency caused by heterogeneous temperature distribution (HgTD). Dynamic …

Prospects of waste-heat recovery from a real industry using thermoelectric generators: Economic and power output analysis

M Araiz, Á Casi, L Catalán, Á Martínez… - Energy Conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
One of the options to reduce industrial energy costs and the environmental impact is to
recover the waste-heat produce in some processes. This paper proposes the use of …

Fast atom search optimization based MPPT design of centralized thermoelectric generation system under heterogeneous temperature difference

B Yang, M Zhang, X Zhang, J Wang, H Shu, S Li… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper designs a novel maximum power point tracking (MPPT) technique for centralized
thermoelectric generation (TEG) system under heterogeneous temperature difference …

Numerical investigation on the dynamic response characteristics of a thermoelectric generator module under transient temperature excitations

D Luo, Y Yan, R Wang, W Zhou - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, a three-dimensional transient numerical model of a thermoelectric generator
module considering the temperature-dependent properties and the topological connection …

A review of combustion-driven thermoelectric (TE) and thermophotovoltaic (TPV) power systems

KF Mustafa, S Abdullah, MZ Abdullah… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Over the past decade there has been an overwhelming amount of interest in combustion-
driven thermoelectric (TE) and thermophotovoltaic (TPV) power systems. These devices are …

A short review on the techniques of waste heat recovery from domestic applications

H El Hage, M Ramadan, H Jaber… - Energy Sources, Part …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The energy crisis we are facing today has several aspects. Indeed, it not only concerns the
fuel cost and reserve but also the level of pollution. That is why the last three decades had …