@ARTICLE{Poświata_Artur_Maximization_2020,
 author={Poświata, Artur and Gierycz, Paweł},
 volume={vol. 41},
 number={No 4},
 journal={Chemical and Process Engineering},
 pages={277-291},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2020},
 publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences Committee of Chemical and Process Engineering},
 abstract={Thermoelectric generators using the Seebeck effect to generate electricity are increasingly used in various areas of human activity, especially in cases where a cheap high-temperature heat source is available. Despite many advantages, TEG generators have one major disadvantage: very low efficiency of heat conversion into electrical power which strongly depends on the applied load resistance. There is a maximum of generated power between the short and the open circuit in which it is zero. That is why optimization of TEG modules is particularly important. In this paper a method of maximization of generated power in a single TEG module is presented for two cases. The first case concerns a problem with fixed heat flux flow into the hot side of the module whereas the second one concerns a problem with fixed heat transfer parameters in hot heat exchanger i.e. supply gas temperature and heat transfer coefficient. A number of optimization results performed for various values of these parameters are presented and discussed.},
 type={Article},
 title={Maximization of generated electric power in the TEG module at various heat exchange conditions},
 URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/118940/PDF/art04.pdf},
 doi={10.24425/cpe.2020.136013},
 keywords={optimization, thermoelectric, TEG, heat transfer, electric power},
}