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Solid State Heat Pipe Based Waste Heat Recovery System for Domestic Power Generation at Local Energy Emergencies

Alena Žofková
University of Louisville, USA
Heather Mark
Portland State University, USA
Naveen Weerasekera
University of Louisville, USA
* Corresponding author
DOI icon 10.24018/ejenergy.2022.2.3.66

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Submitted 2022-05-17
Published 2022-06-27

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Through this work, we have studied a thermoelectric generator-based waste heat recovery system with a low response time for fast energy generation under low and high direct normal solar radiations. Under direct normal radiation of 1000 W m-2, a TEG voltage up to~3 V has been observed within a saturation time of~900 s. A large temperature gradient (15000 K/m) is produced between hot and cold ends of the TEG module under a simple application of solid-fluid convective heat exchanger. Our results show the potential of remote heating and heat transfer for TEG power generation for small scale power emergencies.  

Keywords: Renewable energy, waste heat recovery systems, solid-state heat pipes, thermoelectric energy generation, transient heat diffusion

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