Optimized output electricity of thermoelectric generators by matching phase change material and thermoelectric material for intermittent heat sources

被引：27
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作者：
Tian, Yuanyuan [1 ]
Liu, Anbang [2 ]
Wang, Junli [1 ]
Zhou, Yajie [1 ]
Bao, Chengpeng [1 ]
Xie, Huaqing [1 ]
Wu, Zihua [1 ]
Wang, Yuanyuan [1 ,3 ]
机构：
[1] Shanghai Polytech Univ, Sch Environm & Mat Engn, 2360 Jinhai Rd, Shanghai 201209, Peoples R China
[2] Nanjing Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Energy & Power Engn, Nanjing 210094, Peoples R China
[3] Shanghai Engn Res Ctr Adv Thermal Funct Mat, 2360 Jinhai Rd, Shanghai 201209, Peoples R China
来源：
ENERGY | 2021年 / 233卷
关键词：
Thermoelectric generator; Phase change material; Output power; Electricity generation; Energy harvesting; ENERGY; ENHANCEMENT; PERFORMANCE; EFFICIENCY; SIMULATION; DESIGN; SYSTEM; POWER; MODEL;
D O I：
10.1016/j.energy.2021.121113
中图分类号：
O414.1 [热力学];
学科分类号：
摘要：
Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) are usually working in intermittent heat source environments, and thus the phase change material (PCM) has been widely adopted in to maintain relatively stable tem-perature difference. The property matching between the PCM and the TEGs is one of the crucial problems to influence the performance of the PCM-TEG system. In this work, the influence of the phase change temperature of the PCM on the output power and generated electricity of PCM-TEG system is studied. Classic Enthalpy model and three-dimensional coupled thermo-electric equations are applied to study the heat transfer and energy conversion mechanisms. Our results show that the output electric energy of a PCM-TEG system can be optimized by tuning the phase change temperature of PCM. The total generated electricity can be enhanced as large as 15.6% by matching the PCM with the thermoelectric properties of the thermoelement. Moreover, by comparing three cases with different thermoelectric materials, we give relationship between the optimal phase change temperature of PCM and the tem-perature for maximum figure of merit (ZT) of the thermoelement, which provides a selection criterion of PCM for TEG module. Our work could be helpful to realize further high efficiency thermoelectric gen-erators for intermittent heat sources. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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