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Paper Title : Thermoelectric Power Generation as an Alternative Green Technology of Energy Harvesting
Author Name : Ravi R.Nimbalkar, Sanket S. Kshirsagar
Abstract : The vast majority of heat that is generated from computer processor chips to car engines to electric power plants, the need to use of excess heat creates a major source of inefficiency. Energy harvesters are thermoelectric materials which are solid-state energy converters used to convert waste heat into electricity. Significant improvements to the thermoelectric materials measured by figure of merit (ZT) .forconverting waste-heat energy directly into electrical power , application of this alternative green technology can be made and also it will improve the overall efficiencies of energy conversion systems. In this paper, the basic concepts of thermoelectric material and its power generation is presented and recent patents of thermoelectric material are reviewed and discussed.
Keywords : Thermoelectric power generation, thermoelectric materials, alternative green technology, electrical power.
Cite this article : Ravi R.Nimbalkar, Sanket S. Kshirsagar " Thermoelectric Power Generation as an Alternative Green Technology of Energy Harvesting " ,ICETTR-2013 ,Page No : 363-368.