An Investigation of Thermoelectric Generators Used as Energy Harvesters in a Water Consumption Meter Application

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en14133768" target="_blank" >10.3390/en14133768</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

An Investigation of Thermoelectric Generators Used as Energy Harvesters in a Water Consumption Meter Application

Original language description

In this study, we present the results of measuring the performance of selected Peltier cells such as thermoelectric Peltier cooler modules (TEC), thermoelectric micro-Peltier cooler modules (TES), and thermoelectric Seebeck generator modules (TEG). The achieved results are presented in the form of graphs of powering system output voltage or power efficiency functions of the load impedance. Moreover, a technical solution is also presented that consists of designing a water consumption power supply system, using a renewable energy source in the form of a Peltier cell. The developed measuring system does not require additional batteries or an external power source. The energy needed to power the system was obtained from the temperature difference between two sides of a thermoelectric cell, caused by the measured medium which was flowing in a copper water pipe. All achieved results were investigated for the temperature difference from 1 to 10 K in relation to the ambient temperature.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20201 - Electrical and electronic engineering

Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Energies

ISSN

1996-1073

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

14

Issue of the periodical within the volume

13

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

22

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000671076500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85109194717