Title :
Numerical Simulating for Thermoelectric Generation by Rotational Flow in Thermoelectric Porous Medium
Author :
Xu, Jiangrong ; Li, Bo
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Sci., Hangzhou Dianzi Univ., Hangzhou, China
Abstract :
The porous medium can gain a relatively large temperature difference in vent-pipe. In our thermoelectric porous medium system, temperature difference was utilized to produce electricity to utilize exhaust energy. It is supposed that temperature of gas and temperature of solid were the same in the thermoelectric porous medium, the three-dimensional mathematical model by rotational flow was established in the vent-pipe. Using finite volume/SIMPLE method, the flow field and the temperature field was obtained numerical. The simulating results show that the region of larger temperature gradient was available to install the thermoelectric device.
Keywords :
exhaust systems; finite element analysis; pipe flow; pipes; rotational flow; thermoelectric conversion; exhaust energy; finite volume SIMPLE method; rotational flow; temperature difference; thermoelectric device; thermoelectric generation; thermoelectric porous medium; vent pipe; Automobiles; Electricity; Employee welfare; Mathematical model; Media; Numerical models; Rotational Flow; porous medium; temperature gradient;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Control Engineering (ICECE), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6880-5
DOI :
10.1109/iCECE.2010.956
