Publication: Design and performance characteristics of a cascading thermoelectric and thermophotovoltaic power generation system
| datacite.subject.fos | oecd::Engineering and technology::Mechanical engineering::Mechanical engineering | |
| dc.contributor.author | Yeow Ri Xiu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-09-12T02:31:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-09-12T02:31:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-07-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This project focuses on creating and analyzing a new type of power generation system that combines thermoelectric and thermophotovoltaic technologies. The system works by first converting thermal radiation directly into electricity using thermophotovoltaic cells, which are like solar panels, then the leftover heat is then captured and converted into additional electricity using thermoelectric. The goal of this project is to design this combined system to be as efficient as possible. Natural convection before the heat reaches the thermoelectric was implemented as thermoelectric is having low melting point compared to the temperature in the combustion chamber. Further convection on the cold junction of thermoelectric is also implemented to allow thermoelectric consistently have temperature difference even on steady state combustion. Swirling air inlet is introduced to the combustion chamber as swirling air provides better mixing of air and fuel. In this project, a total of 5 cases, a comparison between fuels of methane, hydrogen and kerosene, and a comparison between the scale of mass flow rates at a scale of 1, 2 and 3 for methane as the fuel of combustion has been done. Results show that hydrogen as the fuel of combustion can generate a power output of 436.05W at an efficiency of 7.99%. Whereas for methane as the fuel of combustion at a scale of mass flow rate of 2 has the second highest efficiency of 7.69%, generating a total of 436.95W power output. While for methane fuel at the scale of mass flow rate of 1 has the third highest efficiency of 7.58% and generating 315.86W power output. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://erepo.usm.my/handle/123456789/22598 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.title | Design and performance characteristics of a cascading thermoelectric and thermophotovoltaic power generation system | |
| dc.type | Resource Types::text::report::research report | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oairecerif.author.affiliation | Universiti Sains Malaysia |