Effect of Thermoelectric Legs on Electrical Performance of Single Leg Teg using Multiphyiscs Simulation

Authors

  • Siti Fadzillah Nurain Sidi Omar School of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Norhafizah Burham Integrated Microelectronic System and Application, School of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Maizan Muhamad Integrated Microelectronic System and Application, School of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Anees Abdul Aziz Integrated Microelectronic System and Application, School of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37934/arfmts.112.2.7685

Keywords:

Thermoelectric, Seebeck effect, heat transfer, TEG, COMSOL multiphysics

Abstract

This paper was produced to examine the impact of the number of legs on TEGs while also demonstrating how to model and simulate a single-leg thermoelectric generator (TEG) using the COMSOL Multiphysics software platform. Using thermoelectric materials like SrTiO3 and Ca2FeMoO6, a simulation study of the performance of TEG was created. Therefore, by altering the hot side temperature from TH = 300K, 400K, and 500K and varying the load resistance from 0Ω to 20Ω, the influence of various performance metrics, such as output voltage and output power, has been demonstrated and investigated. It has been shown that the thermoelectric legs' material characteristics have a significant impact on how hot or cold the TE module is. Finally, it was discovered that single-leg TEG performs worse than TEG using a single thermocouple. By performing additional studies on the modeling of different numbers of TE legs, the performance of the TEG may therefore be further improved to help society deal with the energy issue.

Author Biographies

Siti Fadzillah Nurain Sidi Omar, School of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

sitifadzillahnurain@gmail.com

Norhafizah Burham, Integrated Microelectronic System and Application, School of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

hafizahburham@uitm.edu.my

Maizan Muhamad, Integrated Microelectronic System and Application, School of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

maizan@uitm.edu.my

Anees Abdul Aziz, Integrated Microelectronic System and Application, School of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

anees@uitm.edu.my

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Published

2023-12-31

How to Cite

Siti Fadzillah Nurain Sidi Omar, Norhafizah Burham, Maizan Muhamad, & Anees Abdul Aziz. (2023). Effect of Thermoelectric Legs on Electrical Performance of Single Leg Teg using Multiphyiscs Simulation. Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences, 112(2), 76–85. https://doi.org/10.37934/arfmts.112.2.7685

Issue

Vol. 112 No. 2: December (2023)

Section

Articles