Chapter Managing Heat Transfer Issues in Thermoelectric Microgenerators

This chapter deals with heat transfer challenges in the microdomain. It focuses on practical issues regarding this matter when attempting the fabrication of small footprint thermoelectric generators (μTEGs). Thermoelectric devices are designed to bridge a heat source (e.g. hot surface) and a heat si...

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author Marc, Salleras
Luis, Fonseca
Inci, Donmez-Noyan
Marc, Dolcet
Joaquin, Santander
Denise, Estrada-Wiese
Jose-Manuel, Sojo
Gerard, Gadea
Alex, Morata
Albert, Tarancon
author_browse Albert, Tarancon
Alex, Morata
Denise, Estrada-Wiese
Gerard, Gadea
Inci, Donmez-Noyan
Joaquin, Santander
Jose-Manuel, Sojo
Luis, Fonseca
Marc, Dolcet
Marc, Salleras
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Luis, Fonseca
Inci, Donmez-Noyan
Marc, Dolcet
Joaquin, Santander
Denise, Estrada-Wiese
Jose-Manuel, Sojo
Gerard, Gadea
Alex, Morata
Albert, Tarancon
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description This chapter deals with heat transfer challenges in the microdomain. It focuses on practical issues regarding this matter when attempting the fabrication of small footprint thermoelectric generators (μTEGs). Thermoelectric devices are designed to bridge a heat source (e.g. hot surface) and a heat sink (e.g. ambient) assuring that a significant fraction of the available temperature difference is captured across the active thermoelectric materials. Coexistence of those contrasted temperatures in small devices is challenging. It requires careful decisions about the geometry and the intrinsic thermal properties of the materials involved. The geometrical challenges lead to micromachined architectures, which silicon technologies provide in a controlled way, but leading to fragile structures, too. In addition, extracting heat from small systems is problematic because of the high thermal resistance associated to heat exchanged by natural convection between the surrounding air and small bare surfaces. Forced convection or the application of a cold finger clearly shows the usefulness of assembling a heat exchanger in a way that is effective and compliant with the mechanical constraints of micromachined devices. Simulations and characterization of fabricated structures illustrate the effectiveness of this element integration and its impact on the trade-off between electrical and thermal behavior of the active materials in device performance.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-705422025-08-13T14:11:59Z Chapter Managing Heat Transfer Issues in Thermoelectric Microgenerators Marc, Salleras Luis, Fonseca Inci, Donmez-Noyan Marc, Dolcet Joaquin, Santander Denise, Estrada-Wiese Jose-Manuel, Sojo Gerard, Gadea Alex, Morata Albert, Tarancon thermoelectricity, silicon technology, micromachining, silicon nanowires, heat exchangers thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBC Engineering: general thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBC Engineering: general This chapter deals with heat transfer challenges in the microdomain. It focuses on practical issues regarding this matter when attempting the fabrication of small footprint thermoelectric generators (μTEGs). Thermoelectric devices are designed to bridge a heat source (e.g. hot surface) and a heat sink (e.g. ambient) assuring that a significant fraction of the available temperature difference is captured across the active thermoelectric materials. Coexistence of those contrasted temperatures in small devices is challenging. It requires careful decisions about the geometry and the intrinsic thermal properties of the materials involved. The geometrical challenges lead to micromachined architectures, which silicon technologies provide in a controlled way, but leading to fragile structures, too. In addition, extracting heat from small systems is problematic because of the high thermal resistance associated to heat exchanged by natural convection between the surrounding air and small bare surfaces. Forced convection or the application of a cold finger clearly shows the usefulness of assembling a heat exchanger in a way that is effective and compliant with the mechanical constraints of micromachined devices. Simulations and characterization of fabricated structures illustrate the effectiveness of this element integration and its impact on the trade-off between electrical and thermal behavior of the active materials in device performance. 2021-06-02T10:13:52Z 2021 chapter ONIX_20210602_10.5772/intechopen.96246_506 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49392 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/70542 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/49392/1/75809.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/49392/1/75809.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/49392/1/75809.pdf InTechOpen 10.5772/intechopen.96246 10.5772/intechopen.96246 035ecc65-6737-43cf-a13a-6bdf67ce01f4 open access
spellingShingle thermoelectricity, silicon technology, micromachining, silicon nanowires, heat exchangers
thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBC Engineering: general
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Marc, Salleras
Luis, Fonseca
Inci, Donmez-Noyan
Marc, Dolcet
Joaquin, Santander
Denise, Estrada-Wiese
Jose-Manuel, Sojo
Gerard, Gadea
Alex, Morata
Albert, Tarancon
Chapter Managing Heat Transfer Issues in Thermoelectric Microgenerators
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topic thermoelectricity, silicon technology, micromachining, silicon nanowires, heat exchangers
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