3-D finite elements model simulation of thermoelectric generator with cylindrical shell and straight fins

Author

Zhou Minfeng ; He Yongling ; Chen Yanmin

Author_Institution

Sch. of Transp. Sci. & Eng., Beihang Univ., Beijing, China

fYear

2014

fDate

8-9 May 2014

Firstpage

522

Lastpage

525

Abstract

A 3-D finite elements model for a type of thermoelectric generator (TEG) with cylindrical shell and straight fins is established in this paper. This model is simulated in ANSYS Workbench and CFX environment. Results show that increasing the inlet temperature and the inlet velocity of exhaust flow, as well as reducing the inlet temperature of coolant flow can improve the output power of TEM. Changing the inlet velocity of coolant flow has little influence on the output power of TEM, while doing this can make difference on the temperature distribution of coolant flow.

Keywords

coolants; finite element analysis; thermoelectric conversion; 3D finite element model simulation; ANSYS Workbench; CFX environment; TEG; TEM; coolant flow; cylindrical shell; exhaust flow; inlet temperature; inlet velocity; straight fins; temperature distribution; thermoelectric generator; thermoelectric module; Educational institutions; Heat engines; Heating; Mathematics; ANSYS Workbench; CFX; TEG system; finite elements model; simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Computer and Applications, 2014 IEEE Workshop on

Conference_Location

Ottawa, ON

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWECA.2014.6845673

Filename

6845673