Numerical Optimization of Trapezoidal Thermoelectric Elements for Double-Pipe-Shaped Module

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• 作者：Sae Oki ; Keita O. Ito ; Shungo Natsui ; Ryosuke O. Suzuki
• 关键词：Thermoelectric generation ; hexagonal pipe ; numerical simulation ; heat transfer ; thermal conduction
• 刊名：Journal of Electronic Materials
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：March 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：45
• 期：3
• 页码：1358-1364
• 全文大小：1,221 KB
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• 作者单位：Sae Oki (1)
  Keita O. Ito (1)
  Shungo Natsui (1)
  Ryosuke O. Suzuki (1)
  
  1. Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita-13, Nishi-8, Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8628, Japan
  
• 刊物类别：Chemistry and Materials Science
• 刊物主题：Chemistry
  Optical and Electronic Materials
  Characterization and Evaluation Materials
  Electronics, Microelectronics and Instrumentation
  Solid State Physics and Spectroscopy
  
• 出版者：Springer Boston
• ISSN：1543-186X

文摘

Electric power and efficiency are numerically evaluated for thermoelectric (TE) module designs by assuming that the hot fluid is carried in a pipe with a hexagonal cross-sectional shape and that trapezoidal columnar TE elements are attached to the external surface of the pipe. The thermal heat balance and successive TE phenomena are studied by combining commercial software and our original TE program. The upper length, height, and thickness of the trapezoidal TE elements are assumed to be constant. By varying the base length, the maximum power and maximum efficiency were evaluated for the case where the radiation heat ratio is minimized. It was demonstrated that the choice of a hexagonal cross-section for the TE module is the best one under the assumed material properties and for the allowed space between the two pipes.