Thermoelectric generator design in dynamic thermoelectric
energy harvesting
energy harvesting
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Author(s)
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
This paper reports an analysis of thermoelectric generator design for dynamic thermoelectric harvesting. In such devices, the available energy for a given temperature cycle is finite and determined by the heat storage unit capacity. It is shown by simulation and experimentally that specific thermoelectric generator designs can increase the energy output, by optimizing the balance between heat leakage and dynamic response delay. A 3D printed, doublewall heat storage unit is developed for the experiments. Output energy of 30 J from 7.5 gr of phase change material, from a temperature cycle between ± 22 °C is demonstrated, enough to supply typical duty-cycled wireless sensor platforms. These results may serve as guidelines for the design and fabrication of dynamic thermoelectric harvesters for applications involving environments with moderate temperature fluctuations.
Date Issued
2016-12-14
Date Acceptance
2016-12-08
Citation
Journal of Physics : Conference Series, 2016, 773
ISSN
1742-6588
Publisher
Institute of Physics (IoP)
Journal / Book Title
Journal of Physics : Conference Series
Volume
773
Copyright Statement
© 2016 The Author(s). Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. Content from this work may be used under the terms of theCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence. Any further distributionof this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI.
Sponsor
European Institute of Innovation and Technology - EIT
Grant Number
EIT ICT Labs 2014
Source
PowerMEMS 2016
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Physical Sciences
Energy & Fuels
Physics, Applied
Physics
DEVICES
Publication Status
Published
Start Date
2016-12-06
Finish Date
2016-12-09
Coverage Spatial
Paris, France
Date Publish Online
2016-12-14