Proceedings of the 7th National Conference on Functional Materials and Applications (FMA 2010 E-BOOK)

Changsha,China,10.16-10.18,2010

ISBN: 978-1-935068-41-9 Scientific Research Publishing, USA

E-Book 2313pp Pub. Date: October 2010

Category: Chemistry & Materials Science

Price: $360

Title: The Application Research of Thermoelectric Generation Technology in Gas Water Heater
Source: Proceedings of the 7th National Conference on Functional Materials and Applications (FMA 2010 E-BOOK) (pp 1785-1790)
Author(s): Hong-xia Wu, Key Lab of Enhanced Heat Transfer and Energy Conservation, the Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Jian-yun Zhao, Key Lab of Enhanced Heat Transfer and Energy Conservation, the Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Xiao-ling Qi, Key Lab of Enhanced Heat Transfer and Energy Conservation, the Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Yu-guang Ou, Key Lab of Enhanced Heat Transfer and Energy Conservation, the Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Li-qian Liu, Key Lab of Enhanced Heat Transfer and Energy Conservation, the Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Dong-sheng Zhu, Key Lab of Enhanced Heat Transfer and Energy Conservation, the Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China
Abstract: Thermoelectric material is a kind of material which can convert thermal energy into electric energy directly. In this paper, thermoelectric generation system which was made of Bi2Te3-based material was installed in the gas water heater in order to explore the utilization of thermoelectric technology on the waste heat recovery of gas water heater. The system installed location was determined using the infrared thermal image instrument. The relation between the output power and water flow and the relation between the output power and gas pressure were discussed. The experimental results show that the output power decreases with the increasing of the rate of water and increases with the increasing of gas pressure. Moreover, the series connection of thermoelectric modules precedes to the parallel connection.
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