Current and Future Trend Opportunities of Thermoelectric Generator Applications in Waste Heat Recovery

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dc.contributor.authorBhuiyan M.R.A.
dc.contributor.authorMamur H.
dc.contributor.authorUstuner M.A.
dc.contributor.authorDilmac O.F.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-22T08:04:12Z
dc.date.available2024-07-22T08:04:12Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractToday, with the increase of industrialization, the waste heat emitted by the industrial machines used has started to increase. Therefore, the energy efficiency of these devices also decreases. In addition, this waste heat remains a bad factor that plays a role in the world's climate change. Governments are implementing incentive policies to increase energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, both scientists and engineers strive for a cleaner environment and energy. Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) are one of the devices that contribute to energy efficiency and sustainable energy production by ensuring the recovery of a certain part of the waste heat emitted by these machines to the environment. The TEGs have found traditional uses from the waste heat of microprocessors to the waste heat of stoves. However, their proliferation is limited by their efficiency less than 10% and their high purchasing costs. Academicians and engineers continue to work without slowing down to overcome these. The semiconductors with low thermal conductivity and high electrical conductivity are the main subjects studied in this field. With overcoming these difficulties, it is aimed to use thermoelectric generators in the future to convert the waste heat of almost all devices into electrical energy. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to investigate the current innovations of TEGs and to determine the future trend. Among the main findings of this study, it is predicted that TEGs will be widely used in areas where there is a need for silent and maintenance-free energy in the future. © 2022, Gazi Universitesi. All rights reserved.
dc.identifier.DOI-ID10.35378/gujs.934901
dc.identifier.issn21471762
dc.identifier.urihttp://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/12582
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.publisherGazi Universitesi
dc.rightsAll Open Access; Gold Open Access
dc.subjectClimate change
dc.subjectElectronic equipment
dc.subjectEnergy efficiency
dc.subjectEnergy harvesting
dc.subjectFree energy
dc.subjectGas emissions
dc.subjectGreenhouse gases
dc.subjectThermoelectric equipment
dc.subjectWaste heat utilization
dc.subject'current
dc.subjectFuture trends
dc.subjectGenerator applications
dc.subjectGovernment IS
dc.subjectIncentives policy
dc.subjectIndustrial machines
dc.subjectIndustrialisation
dc.subjectSustainable energy
dc.subjectThermoelectric generators
dc.subjectWaste-heat recovery
dc.subjectWaste heat
dc.titleCurrent and Future Trend Opportunities of Thermoelectric Generator Applications in Waste Heat Recovery
dc.typeReview

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