Abstract
Abstract Traditionally, electricity generation from solar ponds has been based on Organic Rankine Cycle. In the last decade, the potential of solar pond power plants (SPPP) based on thermoelectric generators (TEGs) has been explored. A review of various studies in this direction is presented in this paper. The proof of the concept for the use of TEGs for SPPP has been established; however owing to the low thermal-to-electric conversion efficiency of TEGs at temperatures relevant to solar ponds, they remain uneconomical for SPPP. As efficiency of TEGs may increase in future, their use in SPPP may become viable. In the mean time, TEGs have the potential for utilization where cogeneration of heat and electricity from SPPP is desired.
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