Abstract
This paper presents systematic studies of the renewabale energy [RE] technologies and focuses on thermoelectric (TE) technology. The invention of a new equipment is applied to thermoelectric modules (TEM) and demonstrates important capabilities such as in-situ characterization of I-V curve, P-V curves, and TE efficiency. Many variales are invetsigated in order to maximize the output of TE power. Experimental data show that the TE power output is scalable/ additive for multiple TE systems. Multi-stack structures are invetsigated in order to improve the TE efficiency. One of the hightlights of this paper is to generate a large output of TEPG system up to 1kW power. The TE technology is one of the most important RE technologies that has advantages of being renewable, possessing low-noise/ no-moving parts among other features, and having versatile and special applications with TEM. Several sets of the thermoelectric power generation (TEPG) systems are developed with various TEMs for many different applications. Finally, the TEPG is characterized for the experimental investigation and data analysis, followed by summaries and conclusion based on the data.
Highlights
The order to combat or control the climate change in part, the international efforts have recently achieved enough signatures from nations that is known as the Paris Agreement in 2016
In contrast to the solar technology that has solar panels collect photons energy and converts it into electricity, a very different type of renewable energy (RE) technology is the thermoelectric power generation (TEPG) that converts heat into electricity
The thermoelectric modules (TEM) is built in the laboratory
Summary
The order to combat or control the climate change in part, the international efforts have recently achieved enough signatures from nations that is known as the Paris Agreement in 2016. Extensive the research and development has been dedicated to renewable energy technologies (Brass, Carley, MacLean, & Baldwin, 2012; Clark III, 2010) by scientists and engineers. Intense studies are conducted both theoretically and experimentally (Chen, 2011; Deng & Liu, 2009; Tritt & Subramanian, 2006) on the promising solid-state solar thermal electric generation. There are extensive researches recently dedicated to study the thermoelectric power generation (TEPG) in producing power ranges from small to large. TEPG with thermoelectric modules (TEM) generates energy from renewable energy sources such as solar, geothermal, fire source, and other heat source like waste heat/ energy harvesting. The thermoelectric (TE) energy is advantageous as RE in many ways including in part being noiseless with no moving parts, light weight, no-need or little need for maintenance.
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