Title :
Effective electrical resistance due to current-induced heat flow in thermoelectric generators
Author :
Castrillo, P. ; Salgado, J.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Univ. of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
Abstract :
In this work, the operation of thermoelectric generators is analyzed within the framework of a circuital model. It is found that electric current-induced modification of the difference temperature gives rise to an effective electrical resistance. This effective resistance depends on thermal conductivities and has to be taken into account in the parameter extraction procedure.
Keywords :
Peltier effect; Seebeck effect; electric resistance; equivalent circuits; heat transfer; thermal conductivity; thermoelectric conversion; Peltier effect; Seebeck effect; circuital model; current-induced heat flow; electric current-induced modification; electrical resistance; equivalent circuit; parameter extraction procedure; thermal conductivities; thermoelectric generators; Analytical models; Integrated circuit modeling; Resistance; Resistance heating; Thermal conductivity; Thermoelectricity; Transient analysis; Peltier effect; Seebeck effect; equivalent circuit; thermoelectric generators;
Conference_Titel :
Electron Devices (CDE), 2013 Spanish Conference on
Conference_Location :
Valladolid
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4666-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4667-2
DOI :
10.1109/CDE.2013.6481365
