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THERMOELECTRIC APPLICATIONS
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.
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