Study on temperature uniformity of thermal spreader integration with microcombustor for thermoelectric power generator

Author

Sidek, Othman ; Ishak, Mohammad Zulfikar ; Miskam, Mohd Azfar ; Ahmad, Mohd Ashraf ; Jadin, Mohd Shawal

Author_Institution

Collaborative Microelectron. Design Excellence Centre, Univ. Sains Malaysia, Nibong Tebal, Malaysia

fYear

2011

fDate

21-22 June 2011

Firstpage

526

Lastpage

530

Abstract

The effect of material, thickness and the magnitude of heat generated by microcombustor on heat distribution along thermal spreader for thermoelectric power generator are investigated. Impact of various materials and physical properties was studied upon sample 3 cm × 3 cm. The effect of thermal conductivity, specific heat capacity and thickness towards temperature uniformity of thermal spreader is observed. The result provides temperature profile of the thermal spreader dependencies of the source of heat. Results show that copper is the best thermal spreader material for thermoelectric power generator.

Keywords

copper; thermal conductivity; thermoelectric conversion; thermoelectric power; Cu; heat distribution; heat generation; microcombustor; size 3 cm; specific heat capacity; temperature uniformity; thermal conductivity; thermal spreader; thermoelectric power generator; Copper; Generators; Heat transfer; Heating; Materials; Temperature distribution; alternative energy; energy harvester; temperature distribution; thermal spreader; thermoelectric material;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical, Control and Computer Engineering (INECCE), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Pahang

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-229-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INECCE.2011.5953939

Filename

5953939