A survey on waste heat recovery: Electric power generation and potential prospects within Pakistan

K Zeb, SM Ali, B Khan, CA Mehmood, N Tareen… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Waste heat recovery system plays a pivotal role for heat extractions in every energy
consuming sector. Thermo-Electric Module converts this waste heat into useful work done as …

Performance investigation and design optimization of a thermoelectric generator applied in automobile exhaust waste heat recovery

JH Meng, XD Wang, WH Chen - Energy Conversion and Management, 2016 - Elsevier
This work develops a multiphysics thermoelectric generator model for automobile exhaust
waste heat recovery, in which the exhaust heat source and water-cooling heat sink are …

Thermoelectric applications for energy harvesting in domestic applications and micro-production units. Part I: Thermoelectric concepts, domestic boilers and biomass …

L Kütt, J Millar, A Karttunen, M Lehtonen… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
This review aims to present a summary of the current state of art in applications
incorporating thermoelectric generator (TEG) units. Description of components critical to …

System efficiency and power: the bridge between the device and system of a thermoelectric power generator

K Zhu, B Deng, P Zhang, HS Kim, P Jiang… - Energy & Environmental …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The thermoelectric efficiency formula (ηmax), derived by Ioffe, provides a direct connection
between the material dimensionless figure of merit ZT and the maximum efficiency of …

Optimization of thermoelectric generator (TEG) integrated with three-way catalytic converter (TWC) for harvesting engine's exhaust waste heat

H Yang, G Shu, H Tian, X Ma, T Chen, P Liu - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
The exhaust-based thermoelectric generator (TEG) is a promising way to recover the waste
heat of internal combustion engines (ICEs). Integrating TEG with three-way catalytic …

Electrical power conditioning system for thermoelectric waste heat recovery in commercial vehicles

AE Risseh, HP Nee, C Goupil - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A considerable part of the fuel energy in vehicles never reaches the wheels and entirely
converts to waste heat. In a heavy duty vehicle (HDV), the heat power that escapes from the …

Applying Compute-Proximal Energy Harvesting to Develop Self-Sustained Systems for Automobiles

JW Park, T Cheng, D Zhang, Y Zhao… - IEEE Pervasive …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A major cost, inconvenience, and source of failure for adding sensors and electronic
accessories to automobiles is wiring the systems into the car's power supply. We propose an …

Optimal designs of thermoelectric generators for supplying maximum external load

A Mellalou, L Nkhaili, Q Mahmood, BU Haq… - Journal of Electronic …, 2021 - Springer
The operation of a thermoelectric generator (TEG) is a complicated multidisciplinary subject
since it involves the phenomenon of electrical and thermal transport in a dependent manner …

Performance of a tubular machine driven by an external‐combustion free‐piston engine

NJ Baker, RM Korbekandi, A Sa. Jalal… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Free‐piston engines have the potential to offer a compact machine capable of delivering
electrical power. In this work, the design and modelling of a linear tubular generator are …

Isolated DC-DC converter for thermoelectric energy harvesting based on a piezoelectric transformer

C Correa-Betanzo, C Lopez-Perez… - 2019 IEEE Applied …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Thermoelectric energy harvesting requires a large temperature gradient, which is usually the
main difficult that limits the power and efficiency conversion. To deal with the electrical …