A Structural Review of Thermoelectricity for Fuel Cell CCHP Applications

Figure 16

Influence of thermal environment on optimal working conditions of TEGs (adapted from [27]).

(a) TEG model with ideal thermal contacts to heat source

(b) TEG model with non-ideal thermal contacts to heat source

(c) Normalised output power as a function of maximization ratio (m)

(d) Normalised output power as a function of normalised efficiency for both TEGs