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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-A.2013.37.8.961

A Study on Prediction of Effective Seebeck Coefficient of Thermoelectric Composites Using Modified Eshelby Model  

Lee, Jae-Kon (School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Catholic Univ. of Daegu)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A / v.37, no.8, 2013 , pp. 961-966 More about this Journal
Abstract
A coupled governing equation of thermoelectric materials can be converted into an uncoupled form to predict the effective Seebeck coefficient of thermoelectric composites, where modified Eshelby model is adopted. The predicted results by the present approach for serial- and parallel-connected composites and composite with spherical inclusions are compared with theoretical and experimental results from literatures to be justified. It is shown that the predictions by the theoretical approaches coincide exactly and show in good agreement with the experiments.
Keywords
Thermoelectric Composites; Congruence Transformation; Effective Seebeck Coefficient; Eshelby Model;
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