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Showing 1 to 20 of 406 for “"Thermoelectric"”.
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Thermoelectric device characterization and solar thermoelectric system modeling
… costs and an emphasis on energy efficiency. Thermoelectric (TE) devices can be used either as heat pumps for localized environmental control or heat engines to convert heat into electricity. Thermoelectrics are appealing because they have no moving parts, are highly reliable, have high power …
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Modeling the thermoelectric properties of bulk and nanocomposite thermoelectric materials
Thermoelectric materials are materials which are capable of converting heat directly into electricity. They have long been used in specialized fields where high reliability is needed, such as space power generation. Recently, certain nanostructured materials have been fabricated with high …
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Applied Thermoelectric Solutions
Applied Thermoelectric Solutions (ATS) is a Nevada based company created to utilize thermoelectric devices in advancing and aiding automotive power systems in the effort to reduce oil dependencies and harmful emissions. Amidst economic and global crisis, the need for renewable energy is an ever …
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Thermoelectric cooler design
Thermoelectric Cooler Design is a Microsoft Windows program to be used as an aid in the design of thermoelectric cooler devices. This program was written to be used to quickly model and compare alternative designs. A couple's optimum coefficient of performance and maximum heat pumping can be …
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Bipolar thermoelectric devices
… electrical devices, with detailed treatment of thermoelectric effects. Both homojunction and heterojunction devices are considered, and particular attention is given to semiconductor laser diodes. The mechanisms that govern both internal heat exchange and heat transfer between a device and its …
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A MEMS thermoelectric generator
… cells, thermophotovoltaic (TPV) generators and thermoelectric (TE) generators. Fuel cells and generators offer significantly improved performance over batteries, but issues of fuel processing and miniaturization remain. Microfabrication has the potential to address this miniaturization. Here I …
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Body powered thermoelectric systems
… power. More specifically, a body-powered, thermoelectric-based power supply and system will be introduced and examined, with hopes that this technology will be utilized alongside low-power, medical monitoring applications in order to achieve self-sufficiency. This report also analyzes the …
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Nanocomposites as thermoelectric materials
Thermoelectric materials have attractive applications in electric power generation and solid-state cooling. The performance of a thermoelectric device depends on the dimensionless figure of merit (ZT) of the material, defined as ZT = S2o-T / k, where S is the Seebeck coefficient, o is the …
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System Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of Thermoelectric and Thermal Interface Materials for Thermoelectric Devices
Thermoelectric devices are useful for a variety of applications due to their ability to either convert heat directly into electricity, or to generate a temperature gradient from an electric current. These devices offer several attractive features including compact size, no moving parts, limited …
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Solution Synthesized Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials
Thermoelectric heat engines are currently used in several niche applications for electricity generation and cooling. Many additional applications would be practical if thermoelectric materials with improved figures of merit could be made. Over the past twenty years, many nanostructured materials …
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Equivalent circuits of thermoelectric coolers.
… of electrical devices. In this work a thermoelectric system is represented by equivalent circuits. The first part of work is introductory. It contains the definitions and derivations of the various thermoelectric effects. A detailed description of the construction and the test results …
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Hybrid thermoelectric-ejector refrigeration system /
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Progressively, there has been a substantial shift in emphasis with regards to forest governance and management. Forests management policies are directed toward conserving biodiversity and maintaining ecosystem services rather …
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Thermoelectric magnetohydrodynamics in dendritic solidification
… liquid metal melt. The principle is that thermoelectric currents that are naturally inherent to solidification processes will interact with this magnetic field, resulting in a Lorentz force. This force will exist in a microscopic region in the vicinity of the solidification front, …
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THERMOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTING IN DISPLAYS
The development of a complete thermoelectric generator and its application on a display polarizer film was successfully accomplished in this thesis. A systematic study of the prospective thermoelectric materials, PEDOT:PSS-based and ${ZnON}$, used for the present application is presented. To the …
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Thermoelectric Properties of Organic Polymers
Thermoelectric devices present an enticing solution for harnessing waste thermal energy from industrial processes and converting it into electrical power. Due to their cost-effectiveness and potential in flexible electronic applications, organic thermoelectrics have attracted considerable …
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Integrated optimization of thermoelectric systems
Thermoelectric devices present unique opportunities for sustainable energy conversion. While research efforts have remarkably improved material capabilities over the past several decades, material advancement alone is insufficient to realize the full potential of thermoelectric technology [25, 24, …
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Thermoelectric power measurements in wustite
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, 1980.
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Thermoelectric power of indium antimonide.
Thesis: M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science, 1972
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Breaking the thermo-mechanical coupling of thermoelectric materials : determining the viability of a thermoelectric generator
Thermoelectric power generators (TEGs) convert a temperature difference into electricity. This temperature difference can be created from waste heat. Since up to 50% [1] of US industrial energy input is lost as waste heat, an economical means of recovering waste heat and converting it into useful …
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Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting in Harsh Environments and Laser Additive Manufacturing for Thermoelectric and Electromagnetic Materials
… innovative research at the intersection of thermoelectric solutions, additive manufacturing, and nuclear safety technology, addressing critical challenges in sensor powering for extreme environments, energy harvesting, and materials fabrication. The research is divided into three key areas, …
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