NDLI: Design Methodology of Large-Scale Thermoelectric Generation: A Hierarchical Modeling Approach

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Author	Chen, Min Gao, Junling Zhang, Jianzhong Kang, Zhengdong
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	A thermoelectric generation system (TEGS) used in the practical industry of waste heat recovery consists of the fluidic heat sources, the external load circuitry, and many thermoelectric modules (TEMs) connected as a battery bank. In this paper, a system-level model is proposed to seamlessly integrate the complete fluid-thermal-electric-circuit multiphysics behaviors in a single circuit simulator using electrothermal analogy. First, a quasi one-dimension numerical model for the thermal fluids and their nonuniform temperature distribution as the boundary condition for TEMs is implemented in simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis (SPICE)-compatible environment. Second, the electric field calculation of the device-level model is upgraded to reflect the resistive behaviors of thermoelements, so that the electric connections among spatially distributed TEMs and the load circuitry can be freely combined in the simulation. Third, a hierarchical and TEM-object oriented strategy are developed to make the system modeling as well as the design scalable, flexible, and programmable. To validate the proposed system model, a TEGS, including eight TEMs is constructed. Through comparisons between simulation results and experimental data, the proposed model shows sufficient accuracy so that a straightforward cooptimization of the entire TEGS of large scale can be carried out.
Starting Page	041003
Ending Page	041011
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISSN	19485085
e-ISSN	19485093
Journal	Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications
Volume Number	4
Issue Number	4
DOI	10.1115/1.4007223
Language	English
Publisher	The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Publisher Date	2012-10-12
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Boundary-value problems Circuits Design Design methodology Electric potential Electrical resistance Flow (Dynamics) Fluids Heat Modeling Simulation Stress Temperature Testing Thermofluids
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Condensed Matter Physics Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes Materials Science Engineering

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