Study of Thermoelectric Generator in different combinations of series and parallel configurations –Calculation of power and efficiency
Journal Title: International Journal of engineering Research and Applications - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 7
Abstract
A thermoelectric generator system has been build up which consists of bismuth telluride module. A thermoelectric module consists of thermoelectric elements. To increase the operating voltage the thermoelectric elements are connected in series and in parallel to increase the thermal conductivity. In this paper discussing about the study of thermoelectric generator by connecting in different combinations of series and parallel configurations. When six thermoelectric generators of TEP1-1264-1.5 made of bismuth telluride material are connected in different configurations of series and parallel like six thermoelectric modules in series, six thermoelectric modules in parallel, three series and three parallel configurations, four series and two parallel etc. Moreover the figure-of-merit, output power and efficiency was calculated. The ZT value achieved was 0.273 at a temperature difference of 870C when six thermoelectric generators are placed in series combination. The output power was 3.62W Index terms: Thermoelectric generator, series and parallel configurations, thermoelectric module,bismuth telluride.
Authors and Affiliations
S. Parveen, S. Victor Vedanayakam, R. Padma Suvarna Suvarna
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