• DocumentCode
    1794080
  • Title

    Nano thermoelectricgenerator

  • Author

    Chakaravarthy, R. Abilash

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. Of Mech. Eng., Anna Univ. Chennai, Chennai, India
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    9-9 Oct. 2014
  • Firstpage
    100
  • Lastpage
    102
  • Abstract
    Nano thermoelectric generator have a basic concept of converting the heat energy into water steam which runs the turbine which produces the electrical energy most of the steam or air turbine that are operating now are having the input heat from coal or nuclear power. Which is a drastic waste of input power by the help of solar heat which can be used to heat the fluid material which is used to run the turbine some of the basic problems that we face is the heat transfer is not so good, resulting in poor efficiency this problem is overcome with the help of nanorods like carbon nan rods which have a high heat conducting capacity which helps in efficient heat exchange which is not given in general steam or air turbine plants. On the other hand the heat lost during the condensation process can be used with the help of thermoelectric effect which improves the efficiency and gives more power.
  • Keywords
    carbon; elemental semiconductors; nanorods; nanowires; photothermal conversion; silicon; steam power stations; steam turbines; thermoelectric conversion; C; Si; carbon nanorods; condensation process; heat energy conversion; heat transfer; high heat conducting capacity; nanothermoelectricgenerator; solar heat; thermoelectric effect; water steam; Conductivity; Heat transfer; Resistance heating; Solar heating; Turbines; Water; Water heating; Carbon nano tubes; electrical energy; heat exchange;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Smart Structures and Systems (ICSSS), 2014 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Chennai
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-6506-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSSS.2014.7006181
  • Filename
    7006181