A thermoelectric generator using loop heat pipe and design match for maximum-power generation

作者：Huang Bin Juine^*; Hsu Po Chien; Tsai Rung Je; Hussain Muhammad Mustafa

来源：Applied Thermal Engineering, 2015, 91: 1082-1091.

DOI：10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.08.059

• Thermoelectric generator
• Thermoelectricity
• Thermoelectric energy
• Waste heat utilization

The present study focuses on the thermoelectric generator (TEG) using loop heat pipe (LHP) and design match for maximum-power generation. The TEG uses loop heat pipe, a passive cooling device, to dissipate heat without consuming power and free of noise. The experiments for a TEG with 4 W rated power show that the LHP performs very well with overall thermal resistance 0.35 K W-1, from the cold side of TEG module to the ambient The LHP is able to dissipate heat up to 110 Wand is maintenance free. The TEG design match for maximum-power generation, called "near maximum-power point operation (nMPPO)", is studied to eliminate the MPPT (maximum-power point tracking controller). nMPPO is simply a system design which properly matches the output voltage of TEG with the battery. It is experimentally shown that TEG using design match for maximum-power generation (nMPPO) performs better than TEG with MPPT.

• 出版日期2015-12-5
• 单位KAUST