Heat Energy Harvesting for Portable Power Supply

Author

Abd Razak, Ahmad Nazri ; Nor, Nursyarizal Mohd ; Ibrahim, Taib

Author_Institution

Univ. Teknol. Petronas, Tronoh, Malaysia

fYear

2011

fDate

6-7 June 2011

Firstpage

436

Lastpage

439

Abstract

Heat Energy Harvesting for Portable Power Supply (PosHEAT) is the renewable energy which produces electrical energy from waste heat. PosHEAT has many attractive features, such as reduced maintenance, completely silent, no moving parts and no emission to generate electricity. Based on Thermocouple concept, the greatest material to produce more power is Seebeck made from Bismuth Telluride (Bi₂Te₃). PosHEAT will convert heat energy to electrical energy when there is temperature difference between the two sides. Temperature play the main role in this project to produce power. This paper highlights the Seebeck theory and electrical system design for storage of the energy.

Keywords

Seebeck effect; battery chargers; bismuth compounds; energy harvesting; energy storage; power supplies to apparatus; secondary cells; thermocouples; thermoelectric power; waste heat; Bi₂Te₃; PosHEAT; Seebeck theory; electrical system design; energy storage; heat energy harvesting; portable power supply; renewable energy; thermocouple concept; waste heat; Generators; Materials; Mobile handsets; Resistance heating; Temperature measurement; Waste heat;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering and Optimization Conference (PEOCO), 2011 5th International

Conference_Location

Shah Alam, Selangor

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0355-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PEOCO.2011.5970429

Filename

5970429