中国物理B ›› 2017, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (10): 104401-104401.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/26/10/104401

• ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTICS, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS • 上一篇    下一篇

Performance of thermoelectric generator with graphene nanofluid cooling

Jiao-jiao Xing(邢姣娇), Zi-hua Wu(吴子华), Hua-qing Xie(谢华清), Yuan-yuan Wang(王元元), Yi-huai Li(李奕怀), Jian-hui Mao(毛建辉)   

  1. School of Environmental and Materials Engineering, Shanghai Polytechnic University, Shanghai 201209, China
  • 收稿日期:2017-02-19 修回日期:2017-04-06 出版日期:2017-10-05 发布日期:2017-10-05
  • 通讯作者: Zi-hua Wu E-mail:wuzihua@sspu.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:

    Project supported by the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51590902), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant N. 51476095), and the Program for Professor of Special Appointment (Young Eastern Scholar, QD2015052) at Shanghai Institutions of Higher Learning, and the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (Grant No. 14ZR1417000).

Performance of thermoelectric generator with graphene nanofluid cooling

Jiao-jiao Xing(邢姣娇), Zi-hua Wu(吴子华), Hua-qing Xie(谢华清), Yuan-yuan Wang(王元元), Yi-huai Li(李奕怀), Jian-hui Mao(毛建辉)   

  1. School of Environmental and Materials Engineering, Shanghai Polytechnic University, Shanghai 201209, China
  • Received:2017-02-19 Revised:2017-04-06 Online:2017-10-05 Published:2017-10-05
  • Contact: Zi-hua Wu E-mail:wuzihua@sspu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Project supported by the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51590902), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant N. 51476095), and the Program for Professor of Special Appointment (Young Eastern Scholar, QD2015052) at Shanghai Institutions of Higher Learning, and the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (Grant No. 14ZR1417000).

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摘要：

Improvement of the heat transfer of the cold side is one of the approaches to enhance the performance of TEG systems. As a new type of heat transfer media, nanofluids can enhance the heat transfer performance of working liquid significantly. Based on a three-dimensional and steady-state numerical model,the heat transfer and thermoelectric conversion properties of TEG systems were studied. Graphene anoplatelet aqueous nanofluids were used as the coolants for the cold side of the TEG system to improve the heat transfer capacity of the cold side. The results showed that the heat absorbed by the hot side, voltage, output power, and conversion efficiency of the TEG system were increased greatly by the nanofluid coolants. The output power and the conversion efficiency using 0.1-wt% graphene nanoplatelet aqueous nanofluid as the coolant are enhanced by 26.39% and 14.74%, respectively.

关键词: thermoelectric devices, conversion efficiency, cooling enhancement, nanofluids

Abstract:

Improvement of the heat transfer of the cold side is one of the approaches to enhance the performance of TEG systems. As a new type of heat transfer media, nanofluids can enhance the heat transfer performance of working liquid significantly. Based on a three-dimensional and steady-state numerical model,the heat transfer and thermoelectric conversion properties of TEG systems were studied. Graphene anoplatelet aqueous nanofluids were used as the coolants for the cold side of the TEG system to improve the heat transfer capacity of the cold side. The results showed that the heat absorbed by the hot side, voltage, output power, and conversion efficiency of the TEG system were increased greatly by the nanofluid coolants. The output power and the conversion efficiency using 0.1-wt% graphene nanoplatelet aqueous nanofluid as the coolant are enhanced by 26.39% and 14.74%, respectively.

Key words: thermoelectric devices, conversion efficiency, cooling enhancement, nanofluids

中图分类号:  (Analytical and numerical techniques)

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