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Development of Thermoelectric generating modules and system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Toshinori Ota ,
Chieko Tokunaga  and
Kouichi Fujita
Toshinori Ota
Affiliation:
[email protected], Ishikawajima-harima Heavy Industries Co.,Ltd., Advanced Technology Dept., 1,shin-nakahara-cyo,isogo-ku, yokohama-city, Kanagawa, 235-8501, Japan, +81-45-759-2819, +81-45-759-2206
Chieko Tokunaga
Affiliation:
[email protected], Ishikawajima-harima Heavy Industries Co.,Ltd., Advanced Technology Dept., Japan
Kouichi Fujita
Affiliation:
[email protected], Ishikawajima-harima Heavy Industries Co.,Ltd., Advanced Technology Dept., Japan
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Abstract

Ishikawajima–Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (IHI) is currently investigating applications of thermoelectric conversion systems based on the usage of radiant heat for industrial furnaces. The thermoelectric module units, which have been connected to a water-cooled jacket wall inside an electric resistance-heating-type industrial furnace, receive the heat originating from the in-furnace heat insulator by means of radiation, and collect the electric power based on the temperature difference. In this work, experimental results are presented, concerning the mechanical characteristics of a two-step cascade connection type module based on the heat transmission and thermoelectric conversion characteristic.

The module performance analytic result, which turned character of several physical properties of the thermal radiation receiver of the upper part of modules, heat transmission characteristic, and the result, which performed the foundation examination for industrial furnace application, is reported.

Keywords

radiation effectsthermoelectricityabsorption
Type
Research Article
Information
MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 886: Symposium F – Materials and Technologies fore Direct Thermal-to-Electric Energy Conversion , 2005 , 0886-F08-11
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2006

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