Solar Thermoelectric Technology: Part 2
The Relative Merits of Thermoelectric Generation and Storage
by Dennis L. Feucht
Innovatia Laboratories
In Part 1, solar thermoelectric system (STES)
feasibility was examined and found to be favorable in cost compared to solar
PV. The critical component of the system is the thermoelectric conversion
device which was assumed to be the existing, still emerging, technology
of thermoelectric modules (TEMs), based on thermocouples. In this part,
emerging TE converters are surveyed in more detail.
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