INTRODUCTION TO THERMOELECTRIC SYSTEM

CONSTRUCTION OF THERMOELECTRIC SYSTEM

THERMOELECTRIC APPLICATIONS

ADVANTAGES OF THERMOELECTRIC SYSTEM

THERMAL SYSTEM DESIGN

MATHEMATICAL MODELING

DEVELOPMENT
WHAT IS THERMOELECTRICITY?
Thermoelectricity is a two-way process. It can refer either to the way
a temperature difference between one side of a material and the
other can produce electricity, or the reverse.

WHAT IS THERMOELECTRIC POWER?

Thermoelectric power is the conversion of a temperature differential
directly into electrical power.
THERMOELECTRIC EFFECTS

SEEBECK PELTIER THOMSON

EFFECT EFFECT EFFECT
SEEBECK EFFECT
The temperature difference generates a voltage between two
different material.

Conductor A
𝑇1 𝑇2 𝑄𝐻
Conductor B

𝐸𝑂𝑈𝑇
C D
PELTIER EFFECT
Current flow can induce a temperature gradient depending on direction of
current flow

Conductor A
𝑄𝐿 𝑇1 𝑇2 𝑄𝐻
Conductor B

+ - D
C
𝐸𝑂𝑈𝑇
THOMSON EFFECT
Current flow through a temperature gradient will generate/absorb heat
because thermoelectric properties are temperature dependent.
Heat release/ adsorption

𝑇ℎ𝑜𝑡 𝑇𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑑

current
THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES

THERMOELECTRIC
GENERATOR

THERMOCOUPLE
THERMOELECTRIC
GENERATOR

Thermoelectric generator is a solid state device that converts

heat flux (temperature difference) directly into electrical
energy through a phenomenon called Seebeck efffect).
 THERMOCOUPLE

A Thermocouple is a sensor used to measure temperature. It consists of two wire

legs made from different metals. The wire legs are welded together at one end,
creating a junction. This junction is where temperature is measured. When junction
experiences a change in temperature, a voltage is created.