Power generation employing a thermoelectric generator

• Main Author: Ginju Rose George
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/60362
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Thermoelectric modules can be used to convert heat energy to electricity. The science of thermoelectricity originated in 1800s when Estonian born German physicist Thomas Seebeck discovered that a junction of dissimilar metals produces a current when exposed to a temperature gradient. The technology...