DOI : https://doi.org/10.18517/ijaseit.7.4.3148

Finite Element Analysis of Thermoelectric Generator with Aluminum Plate for Waste Heat Recovery Application

Muhammad Nubli Zulkifli (1), Izzudin Ilias (2), Amir Abas (3), Wan Mansor Wan Muhamad (4)
(1) Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL), International College (ICOLE), British Malaysia Institute (BMI), Jalan Sungai Pusu, 53100 Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia
(2) Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL), International College (ICOLE), British Malaysia Institute (BMI), Jalan Sungai Pusu, 53100 Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia
(3) Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL), British Malaysia Institute (BMI), Electronic Technology Section, Jalan Sungai Pusu, 53100 Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia
(4) Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL), International College (ICOLE), Malaysian France Institute (MFI), Section 14, Jalan Teras Jernang, Bandar Baru Bangi, 43650 Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
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Zulkifli, Muhammad Nubli, et al. “Finite Element Analysis of Thermoelectric Generator With Aluminum Plate for Waste Heat Recovery Application”. International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology, vol. 7, no. 4, Aug. 2017, pp. 1328-33, doi:10.18517/ijaseit.7.4.3148.
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Thermoelectric generator (TEG) is the solid state device that converts the thermal gradient into electrical energy. TEG is widely used as the renewable energy source especially for the electronic equipment that operates with the small amount of electrical power. In the present analysis, the finite element analysis (FEA) using ANSYS is conducted on a model of the TEG attached with the aluminium, Al plate on the hot side of the TEG. This simple construction of TEG model was built in order to be used in the waste heat recovery application. It was shown that the changes of the width and thickness of the Al plate increased the temperature gradient between hot and cold sides of TEG. This directly increase the voltage produced by the TEG based on the Seeback effect. The increase of the thermal gradient due to the increment of thickness and width of Al plate might be because of the increase of thermal resistance of Al plate. Based on statistical analysis using full factorial of design of experiment, Al thickness play a major role in changing the performance of proposed TEG compared to that of Al width. This finding provides a valuable data in design process to build a good TEG attached with Al plate for the waste heat recovery application.
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