Thermoelectric cooler and thermoelectric generator devices: A review of present and potential applications, modeling and materials

Thermoelectricity for IoT – A review

All machines from jet engines to microprocessors generate heat, as do manufacturing processes ranging from steel to food production. Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) are solid-state devices able to convert the resulting heat flux directly into electrical power. TEGs therefore have the potential to offer a simple, compact route to power generation in almost every industrial sector. Here, in a Roadmap developed with wide-ranging contributions from the UK Thermoelectric Network and international partners, we present the science and technology that underpins TEGs. We outline how thermoelectric (TE) technology capable of generating power outputs from microwatts to tens/hundreds kW, and potentially to MW, can have an impact across a wide range of applications in powering devices, ranging from medical to building monitoring, the internet of things, transportation and industrial sectors. The complementary application of TE technology in cooling affords additional opportunities in refrigeration and thermal management. Improved waste-heat harvesting and recovery and more efficient cooling offer significant opportunities to reduce energy usage and CO2 emissions. We provide an overview of the key challenges associated with the development of new materials and devices that offer higher power output, while matching TE solutions to the wide range of applications that would benefit from energy harvesting. There is an existing supply chain to develop, manufacture and integrate thermoelectric devices into a broad range of end-user sectors all with global market potential: the full realisation of which will require new state-of-the-art manufacturing techniques to be embraced in order to drive down costs through high-volume manufacturing to widen the application base.

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Realising the potential of thermoelectric technology: a Roadmap

Automotive exhaust thermoelectric generators: Current status, challenges and future prospects

Research interest in the development of real-time monitoring of personal health indicators using wearable electrocardiographic systems has intensified in recent years. New advanced thermoelectrics are potentially a key enabling technology that can be used to transform human body heat into power for use in wearable electrographic monitoring devices. This work provides a systematic review of the potential application of thermoelectric generators for use as power sources in wearable electrocardiographic monitoring systems. New strategies on miniaturized rigid thermoelectric modules combined with batteries or supercapacitors can provide adequate power supply for wearable electrocardiographic systems. Flexible thermoelectric generators can also support wearable electrocardiographic systems directly when a heat sink is incorporated into the design in order to enlarge and stabilize the temperature gradient. Recent advances in enhancing the performance of novel fiber/fabric based flexible thermoelectrics has opened up an exciting direction for the development of wearable electrocardiographic systems.

Thermoelectric Generators: Alternative Power Supply for Wearable Electrocardiographic Systems.

A dynamic model for thermoelectric generator applied to vehicle waste heat recovery

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Song Lan

Papers

A dynamic model for thermoelectric generator applied to vehicle waste heat recovery

A quantitative roadmap for China towards carbon neutrality in 2060 using methanol and ammonia as energy carriers.

Prediction of the fuel economy potential for a skutterudite thermoelectric generator in light-duty vehicle applications

Techno-economic-environmental evaluation of a combined cooling heating and power system for gas turbine waste heat recovery

Feasibility study on a vehicular thermoelectric generator for both waste heat recovery and engine oil warm-up