Critical review of thermoelectrics in modern power generation applications

• Main Authors: Saqr, Khalid M., Musa, Md. Nor
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: VinÄ?a Institute of Nuclear Sciences 2009
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery; QC Physics
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/9474/1/14-saqr.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/9474/; http://thermalscience.vinca.rs/

The thermoelectric complementary effects have been discovered in the nineteenth century. However, their role in engineering applications has been very limited until the first half of the twentieth century, the beginning of space exploration era. Radioisotope thermoelectric generators have been the a...