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Representative value of thermal conductivity for wickless heat pipe in a thermoelectric generator system via computational numerical analysis / Nur Faranini Zamri, Ahmad Nidhol Rahin and Muhammad Hadrami Hamdan

Thermoelectric generator (TEG) cells are capable of producing electricity from the flow of heat through semiconductor materials via the Seebeck effect. A TEG module (TEM) was developed through the integration of TEG cells, heat pipes, and heat sinks with the function to recover low-temperature waste...

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Main Authors: Zamri, Nur Faranini, Rahin, Ahmad Nidhol, Hamdan, Muhammad Hadrami
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spelling my.uitm.ir.777862023-05-16T01:45:50Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/77786/ Representative value of thermal conductivity for wickless heat pipe in a thermoelectric generator system via computational numerical analysis / Nur Faranini Zamri, Ahmad Nidhol Rahin and Muhammad Hadrami Hamdan jaeds Zamri, Nur Faranini Rahin, Ahmad Nidhol Hamdan, Muhammad Hadrami Thermal conductivity Thermoelectric generator (TEG) cells are capable of producing electricity from the flow of heat through semiconductor materials via the Seebeck effect. A TEG module (TEM) was developed through the integration of TEG cells, heat pipes, and heat sinks with the function to recover low-temperature waste heat for combined heat and power outputs. The mechanics of heat transport through the components have a distinctive impact on overall performance. In analytical assessment, heat transfer coefficient of heat pipe is usually replaced with thermal conductivity as it is critical to evaluate the boiling and condensation of the working fluid. The thermal conductivity represents the overall behaviour of the heat pipe in transfering heat. Computational numerical analysis simplifies the structure of heat pipe without considering the internal design and modelling it as a solid copper rod. To determine the representative thermal conductivity of the wickless heat pipe, a computational numerical model of the TEM was developed. Experiment data of the TEM operation was used to validate the computational model where the cold-side air inlet temperature inlet was 20.7°C while the hot-side waste heat inlet temperature was 70.0°C. The representative thermal conductivity value for the wickless heat pipe was found to be 500 W/m.K in which the percentage difference for the hot-side and cold-side TEG surface temperatures, and the TEG surface temperature difference were below 5%. The approach was proven suitable to analyse the representative heat pipe thermal conductivity for simplified thermoelectric generator modules. Smart Manufacturing Research Institute (SMRI) 2023-03 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/77786/1/77786.pdf Representative value of thermal conductivity for wickless heat pipe in a thermoelectric generator system via computational numerical analysis / Nur Faranini Zamri, Ahmad Nidhol Rahin and Muhammad Hadrami Hamdan. (2023) Journal of Applied Engineering Design & Simulation (JAEDS) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Journal_of_Applied_Engineering_Design_=26_Simulation_=28JAEDS=29.html>, 3 (1): 4. pp. 40-50. ISSN 2805-5756 https://jaeds.uitm.edu.my/index.php/jaeds
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Zamri, Nur Faranini
Rahin, Ahmad Nidhol
Hamdan, Muhammad Hadrami
Representative value of thermal conductivity for wickless heat pipe in a thermoelectric generator system via computational numerical analysis / Nur Faranini Zamri, Ahmad Nidhol Rahin and Muhammad Hadrami Hamdan
description Thermoelectric generator (TEG) cells are capable of producing electricity from the flow of heat through semiconductor materials via the Seebeck effect. A TEG module (TEM) was developed through the integration of TEG cells, heat pipes, and heat sinks with the function to recover low-temperature waste heat for combined heat and power outputs. The mechanics of heat transport through the components have a distinctive impact on overall performance. In analytical assessment, heat transfer coefficient of heat pipe is usually replaced with thermal conductivity as it is critical to evaluate the boiling and condensation of the working fluid. The thermal conductivity represents the overall behaviour of the heat pipe in transfering heat. Computational numerical analysis simplifies the structure of heat pipe without considering the internal design and modelling it as a solid copper rod. To determine the representative thermal conductivity of the wickless heat pipe, a computational numerical model of the TEM was developed. Experiment data of the TEM operation was used to validate the computational model where the cold-side air inlet temperature inlet was 20.7°C while the hot-side waste heat inlet temperature was 70.0°C. The representative thermal conductivity value for the wickless heat pipe was found to be 500 W/m.K in which the percentage difference for the hot-side and cold-side TEG surface temperatures, and the TEG surface temperature difference were below 5%. The approach was proven suitable to analyse the representative heat pipe thermal conductivity for simplified thermoelectric generator modules.
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author Zamri, Nur Faranini
Rahin, Ahmad Nidhol
Hamdan, Muhammad Hadrami
author_facet Zamri, Nur Faranini
Rahin, Ahmad Nidhol
Hamdan, Muhammad Hadrami
author_sort Zamri, Nur Faranini
title Representative value of thermal conductivity for wickless heat pipe in a thermoelectric generator system via computational numerical analysis / Nur Faranini Zamri, Ahmad Nidhol Rahin and Muhammad Hadrami Hamdan
title_short Representative value of thermal conductivity for wickless heat pipe in a thermoelectric generator system via computational numerical analysis / Nur Faranini Zamri, Ahmad Nidhol Rahin and Muhammad Hadrami Hamdan
title_full Representative value of thermal conductivity for wickless heat pipe in a thermoelectric generator system via computational numerical analysis / Nur Faranini Zamri, Ahmad Nidhol Rahin and Muhammad Hadrami Hamdan
title_fullStr Representative value of thermal conductivity for wickless heat pipe in a thermoelectric generator system via computational numerical analysis / Nur Faranini Zamri, Ahmad Nidhol Rahin and Muhammad Hadrami Hamdan
title_full_unstemmed Representative value of thermal conductivity for wickless heat pipe in a thermoelectric generator system via computational numerical analysis / Nur Faranini Zamri, Ahmad Nidhol Rahin and Muhammad Hadrami Hamdan
title_sort representative value of thermal conductivity for wickless heat pipe in a thermoelectric generator system via computational numerical analysis / nur faranini zamri, ahmad nidhol rahin and muhammad hadrami hamdan
publisher Smart Manufacturing Research Institute (SMRI)
publishDate 2023
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