Abstract
The development of thermoelectric power generation system utilizing heat of municipal solid waste is presented. The design method is based on one-dimensional, steady state model taking account of radiation heat transmission from combustion gas to channel wall embedded thermoelectric modules. A middle scale incinerator system of 200ton/day in process and of 2300kcal/kg in enthalpy is selected to be applied with a thermoelectric power generation system as an example. Because of low heat transfer performance, the energy conversion efficiency is estimated to be 3.6-6%. On the basis of a small scale experiment for real incinerator, technological problems to the way for practical thermoelectric power generation system utilizing heat of municipal solid waste are discussed.
