対流効果を用いた燃焼ベース熱電発電デバイスの高効率化

抄録

In thermoelectric power generation, the figure of merit ZT is determined by the thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity and Seebeck coefficient of the material, and various methods for reducing the thermal conductivity have been studied previously. In the present study, improvement of the equivalent ZT value by using forced convection of the fuel gas mixture along the thermoelectric legs is investigated with a series of analysis and the effects of various parameters are examined.