Open AccessLow Grade Heat Power Generation using Thermoelectric Generator
Author(s) -
K. Julaihie,
Raihan Abu Bakar,
Baljit Singh,
Muhammad Fairuz Remeli,
Amandeep Singh Oberoi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/268/1/012134
Subject(s) - thermoelectric generator , electricity generation , heat exchanger , thermoelectric effect , electricity , generator (circuit theory) , waste heat , materials science , environmental science , nuclear engineering , power (physics) , process engineering , waste management , mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , engineering , thermodynamics , physics
Over years, researches on power generation from low grade heat energy sources have been increasing rapidly as it will be beneficial towards environment, human lives and also for long term sustainability. Due to its biggest potential and advantages, thermoelectric generator has been reliably used to generate electricity. In this project, an experiment on power generation using thermoelectric generator by employing low grade heat (<150 °C) energy source was carried out. The main purpose of this project was to generate useful electricity using thermoelectric generator and to investigate the quality of heat exchanger in enhancing the performance of thermoelectric generator. A prototype heat exchanger was used to carry out this experiment. The heat exchanger was tested with varied hot and cold water supply to study the effect of temperature difference on the thermoelectric generators. For this project, the highest output power obtained was 0.98 W and the maximum efficiency was 1.91%.