A flameless catalytic combustion-based thermoelectric generator for powering electronic instruments on gas pipelines

Electrically tunable thermal conductivity in thermoelectric materials: Active and passive control

“…They can act as coolers, heaters, power generators or thermal energy sensors depending on the direction of current. Due to the lack of moving parts or working fluids, TE technology has been used practically in almost all fields such as aerospace [2,3], instrumentation [4][5][6][7][8], medicine [9,10], industrial [11][12][13][14][15] or vehicles [16][17][18][19][20]. According to the working modes, these applications can be classified into three categories, which are coolers and heaters, power generators or thermal energy sensors.…”

Start-up modes of thermoelectric generator based on vehicle exhaust waste heat recovery

“…If this part of waste heat can be converted into electrical energy and utilized by a vehicle, the efficiency of the vehicle could be improved significantly. Thermoelectric (TE) conversion represents a promising technology that can make use of this waste heat [3][4][5][6], and thermoelectric generator (TEG) is a solid-state device that can convert heat directly into electrical energy when a temperature difference is placed across it. The main advantages of TEG include direct conversion from thermal to electrical energy, high reliability, low maintenance cost, and no moving part that can cause noise and vibration.…”

Modelling and analysis of longitudinal thermoelectric energy harvesters considering series-parallel interconnection effect

“…As a consequence, many applications are being imagined for local electricity production by the Seebeck effect, ranging from waste heat recovery in automotive exhaust systems [1e5] to power electronic devices on gas pipelines [6], including waste heat from biomass fired thermal oil heater [7], condensers in thermal systems [8], iron and steel furnaces slag flashing water [9], marine waste incinerators [10], cogeneration systems [11e13] and so on.…”