Thermoelectric sources of heat and electric power with catalytic heating

Author

Anatychuk, L.I. ; Mikhailovsky, V.Ya. ; Rozver, Yu.Yu.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Thermoelectr., Chernivtsi, Ukraine

fYear

1998

fDate

24-28 May 1998

Firstpage

449

Lastpage

451

Abstract

The result of investigations and the development of heat and electricity sources with a thermal power of 1-7 kW and an electrical power of 25-175 W, accordingly, are given. In these generators, use is made of flameless catalytic heat sources operating on hydrocarbon fuel (propane, butane, petrol). The degree of fuel conversion on the catalysts developed approaches 100%. Highly reliable hermetically sealed modules are used in thermoelectric converters which have an efficiency of 6-8% and increased service life. The specific features of thermal processes and heat source functioning, design methods and fields of heat and electricity source application are described

Keywords

catalysis; catalysts; combustion; fuel; thermoelectric conversion; thermoelectric power; 1 to 7 kW; 25 to 175 W; 6 to 8 percent; catalytic heating; design methods; electricity source; flameless catalytic heat sources; fuel conversion; heat source; hermetically sealed modules; hydrocarbon fuel; service life; thermoelectric converters; thermoelectric sources; Batteries; Boilers; Combustion; Fuels; Hydrocarbons; Oxidation; Resistance heating; Temperature control; Thermoelectricity; Waste heat;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Thermoelectrics, 1998. Proceedings ICT 98. XVII International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nagoya

ISSN

1094-2734

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4907-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICT.1998.740415

Filename

740415