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A Effect of Fluid-assisted Sliding on Stress Relaxation of Bi-Te Modules in Thermoelectric Generation System (열전발전용 Bi-Te module에서 미끄럼에 따른 열응력 완화 특성)

  • 서창민;우병철
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.62-97
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    • 2000
  • Recently the research for utilization of waste heat produced from electric power plants, casting factories, heat treating factories or commercial are being afforded by the need for energy saving. The objective of this study is to develop a thermoelectric generation system which unused energy from close-at-hand sources such as garbage incineration heat and industrial exhaust etc. into electricity. This paper a thermoelectric technology on a optimum system design method and efficiency and cost effective thermoelectric element on order to extract the maximum power output from energy conversion of waste energy. It is shown that the longitudinal stresses of module contacted with two point constrained Al tubes could be released more than those with a one-point constrained.

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A Characteristic of Fluid-Assisted Sliding on Stress Relaxation of Bi-Te Modules in Thermoelectric Generation System (열전발전용 Bi-Te Module에서 미끄럼에 따른 열응력 완화 특성)

  • 우병철;이희웅
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers C
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    • v.52 no.1
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    • pp.12-18
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    • 2003
  • Recently the research for utilization of waste heat produced from electric power plants, casting factories, heat treating factories or commercial building are being afforded by the need for energy saving. The objective of this study is to develop a thermoelectric generation system which converts unused energy from close-at-hand sources such as garbage incineration heat and industrial exhaust etc. into electricity. This paper presents a thermoelectric technology on a optimum system design method and efficiency and cost effective thermoelectric element on order to extract the maximum power output from energy conversion of waste energy. It is shown that the longitudinal stresses of module contacted with two point constrained AI tubes could be released more than those with a one-point constrained.

Improvement of Thermoelectric Properties of Bismuth Telluride Thin Films using Rapid Thermal Processing (Bismuth Telluride 박막의 열전특성 개선을 위한 급속 열처리효과)

  • Kim, Dong-Ho;Lee, Gun-Hwan
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.16 no.5
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    • pp.292-296
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    • 2006
  • Effects of rapid thermal annealing of bismuth telluride thin films on their thermoelectric properties were investigated. Films with four different compositions were elaborated by co-sputtering of Bi and Te targets. Rapid thermal treatments in range of $300{\sim}400^{\circ}C$ were carried out during 10 minutes under the reducing atmosphere (Ar with 10% $H_2$). As the temperature of thermal treatment increased, carrier concentrations of films decreased while their mobilities increased. These changes were clearly observed for the films close to the stoichiometric composition. Rapid thermal treatment was found to be effective in improving the thermoelectric properties of $Bi_2Te_3$ films. Recrystallization of $Bi_2Te_3$ phase has caused the enhancement of thermoelectric properties, along with the decrease of the carrier concentration. Maximum values of Seebeck coefficient and power factor were obtained for the films treated at $400^{\circ}C$ (about $-128{\mu}V/K$ and $9{\times}10^{-4}\;W/K^2m$, respectively). With further higher temperature ($500^{\circ}C$), thermoelectric properties deteriorated due to the evaporation of Te element and subsequent disruption of film's structure.

An Experimental Study on Performance of Energy Recovery Ventilation System (폐열회수 환기시스템의 성능에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Kim, Young-Soo;Choi, Kwan-Soo;Kim, Il-Soo
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.36 no.4
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    • pp.445-450
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    • 2012
  • At the limited space, the air conditioning may have difficult to control temperature or humidity for home use. Nowdays, the people reponse to temperature or humidity sensitively. This becomes the Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is an important factor for comfortably. Heat recovery ventilator (HRV) is used for the solution of inconsistency between IAQ and power-saving. Also, the thermoelectric element is applied to HRV and compared with temperature efficiency and verifying the capacity of the system. To improve the temperature efficiency a single motor and thermoelectric element with the conductive guide vane is experimented. The results shows that it can save 23 W by using the single motor. The developed system of 250 CMH capacities with the thermoelectric element reveals the temperature efficiency improvement of 4.01% in cooling period and 2.98% in heating period compared to the conventional system.

Performance Simulation of Motorcycle Engine Exhaust Heat Recovery System using Thermoelectric Element (열전소자를 이용한 모터사이클용 엔진 배기 폐열 회수 시스템 성능 해석)

  • Lee, Moo-Yeon;Kim, Kihyun
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.695-701
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    • 2018
  • Research into exhaust heat recovery has been actively carried out to improve the thermal efficiency of internal combustion engines. In this study, the performance of thermoelectric generation from exhaust heat recovery for motorcycle engines was analyzed by 1-D thermo-fluid simulation. GT-SUITE, which was developed by Gamma Tech., was used for the simulation of the internal combustion engine and thermoelectric generation system. The basic performance of the engine was analyzed in the range of engine speed of 1000~7000 rpm and engine load of 0~100%. The ratio of exhaust heat energy to fuel chemical energy was found to be about 40~60%. A combined simulation of the engine model and thermoelectric generation model was carried out to analyze the voltage, current and power generated by the thermoelectric material. The generation characteristics of the thermoelectric material was dominantly affected by the exhaust gas temperature. The maximum generated power of the current thermoelectric generation system was found to be about 2.2% of the total exhaust heat energy. The design optimization of the thermoelectric generation system will be carried out to maximize its power generation and economic feasibility.

Development of a Thermoelectric Cooling System for a High Efficiency BIPV Module

  • Choi, Jung-Sik;Ko, Jae-Sub;Chung, Dong-Hwa
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.187-193
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    • 2010
  • This paper proposes a cooling system using thermoelectric elements for improving the output of building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) modules. The temperature characteristics that improve the output of a BIPV system have rarely been studied up to now but some researchers have proposed a method using a ventilator. The efficiency of a ventilator depends mainly on the weather such as wind, irradiation etc. Because this cooling system is so sensitive to the velocity of the wind, it is unable to operate in the nominal operating cell temperature (NOCT) or the standard test condition (STC) which allow it to generate the maximum output. This paper proposes a cooling system using thermoelectric elements to solve such problems. The temperature control of thermoelectric elements can be controlled independently in an outdoor environment because it is performed by a micro-controller. In addition, it can be operated around the NOCT or the STC through an algorithm for temperature control. Therefore, the output of the system is increased and the efficiency is raised. This paper proves the validity of the proposed method by comparing the data obtained through experiments on the cooling systems of BIPV modules using a ventilator and thermoelectric elements.

Memory response in elasto-thermoelectric spherical cavity

  • El-Attar, Sayed I.;Hendy, Mohamed H.;Ezzat, Magdy A.
    • Coupled systems mechanics
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.325-342
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    • 2020
  • A mathematical model of electro-thermoelasticity subjected to memory-dependent derivative (MDD) heat conduction law is applied to a one-dimensional problem of a thermoelectric spherical cavity exposed to a warm stun that is an element of time in the presence of a uniform magnetic field. Utilizing Laplace transform as an instrument, the issue has been fathomed logically within the changed space. Numerical inversion of the Laplace transform is carried for the considered distributions and represented graphically. Some comparisons are shown in the figures to estimate the effects of MDD parameters and thermoelectric properties on the behavior of all considered fields.