期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
卷 42, 期 27, 页码 17275-17283出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.05.147
关键词
Micro thermophotovoltaic (TPV); Micro thermoelectric generator (TEG); Micro-combustor; Power generation; Cascade utilization; Mathematical modelling
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51306129]
Currently, combustion-based micro power devices encounter the problem of low conversion efficiency. A miniaturized power generation system cascade utilizing thermal energy of a micro-combustor is proposed, because thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cells and thermoelectric (TE) modules work at different temperature levels. The system consists of a planar micro-combustor with a bended extension at the exit, two GaSb TPV modules to convert high temperature thermal radiation and two Bi-Te based TE modules attached to the bended extension to harness medium temperature thermal energy. The mathematical modelling approach to quantify the power output and conversion efficiency is systematically presented. The modelling results show that the integration of the TE modules could significantly improve the system efficiency. When burning the H-2/air mixture, the overall system efficiency could reach 2.5% under the flow condition of U-0 = 3 m/s and Phi = 1.0. Finally, measures for better thermal management to further enhance the conversion efficiency are discussed. (C) 2017 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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