Analysis on the Performance of a Prototype of Thermoelectric based Power Generation System

Elghool, A. and Naeem, M.F. and Basrawi, F. and Ibrahim, H. and Idris, D. and Habib, K. and Yusof, M.H. (2018) Analysis on the Performance of a Prototype of Thermoelectric based Power Generation System. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

There are needs on electricity but people cannot get electricity including when doing outdoor activities at isolated areas, selling goods in night market and during disaster such as flood and earthquake. People need electricity especially for charging communication gadgets and lighting. Thus, the objective of this study is to develope and test the performance of a small prototype of thermoelectric generator (TEG) based power generation system. The TEG based power generation system developed consists of heat collector, thermoelectric generator, heat pipe and fin based heat sink, and DC-DC converter. The heat collector was designed to ensure the suitable temperature for the TEG which is should not exceed 320°C on the hot side. Heat pipes was used to increase the power output by lowering or maintaining the temperature at cold side, to ensure large temperature difference is obtained. The prototype was tested and data of temperature, voltage and current were collected. A cell phone was used during the test as a load to the system. All the data were recorded by using temperature data recorder, power meter and multimeter. It was found that the highest maximum power output was 7.7 watt at the temperature difference of 138°C. The output is sufficient to charge the cell phone and it is also possible to light an LED bulb. However, it did not achieve the maximum output of 43 W. This is a results of limitation of maximum electrical load (only one cell phone was used) and the limitation of the performance of the prototype. Thus, although the prototype is succesfully generate enough power to charge a cell phone, but improvement in heat sink design, and adding more electrical load are needed to get better results. © 2018 The Authors, published by EDP Sciences.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Additional Information: cited By 0; Conference of 2018 UTP-UMP-VIT Symposium on Energy Systems, SES 2018 ; Conference Date: 18 September 2018 Through 19 September 2018; Conference Code:141921
Uncontrolled Keywords: Cellular telephones; DC-DC converters; Heat pipes; Heat sinks; Mobile phones; Telephone sets; Thermoelectric equipment, Electrical load; Heat sink design; Maximum power output; Outdoor activities; Power generation systems; Temperature data; Temperature differences; Thermo-electric generators, Cellular telephone systems
Depositing User: Mr Ahmad Suhairi UTP
Date Deposited: 09 Nov 2023 16:36
Last Modified: 09 Nov 2023 16:36
URI: https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/id/eprint/9770

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