Comparison power generation by using thermoelectric modules between cooling module and power module for low temperature application

Author

Maneewan, Suwat ; Zeghmati, B.

Author_Institution

Physic Dept., Naresuan Univ., Phitsanulok

fYear

2007

fDate

3-7 June 2007

Firstpage

290

Lastpage

293

Abstract

The paper presents comparison thermoelectric power generation between cooling and power modules. In order to investigate which type of TE module is suitable for the power generation at low temperature of hot side of TE, four TE modules were considered: two TE cooling modules (TE model TEC1-12708 and MT2-1.-127) and two TE power modules (TE model TEP1-1264-3.4 and TEG1-1260-5.1) for by investigation temperature between 25 to 230 oC and resistance were 0, 5, 10, 15 and 20 Ohm. The results of this research found that thermoelectric model TEC1-12708 could be the highest power generation about 0.98 watt and energy cost about 3-11 Bath/kWh (0.09-0.35 US$/kWh) depend on resistance of load, consequently thermoelectric cooling module was be proper to generated electric current at low temperature.

Keywords

electric power generation; thermoelectric conversion; low temperature application; power generation; thermoelectric model; thermoelectric modules; Cooling; Costs; Current; Electric resistance; Multichip modules; Power generation; Tellurium; Temperature; Thermal resistance; Thermoelectricity; Energy cost; Solar energy; Thermoelectric Power Generation; Waste heat from biomass drying;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Thermoelectrics, 2007. ICT 2007. 26th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Jeju Island

ISSN

1094-2734

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2262-3

Electronic_ISBN

1094-2734

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICT.2007.4569481

Filename

4569481