TEoutput (under-developed)

A python3 code for performance calculations of a thermoelectric(TE) leg

Features

• Engineering performance of thermoelectric generator¹
  • Engineering dimensionless figure of merit (ZT_eng) and power factor (PF_eng)
  • Maximum Efficiency (η) and ouput power density (P_d)
  • R_L- (external electric load resistance) or I- (electric current density) dependent properties, e.g. output voltage (V), heat flux (Q_hot)
• Engineering performance of thermoelectric cooling
  • ...
• Thermoelectric device ZT
  • Snyder method²
  • Engineering model¹
  • Optimized efficiency model (under-devepoped)
• ...

References

Footnotes

1. Kim, H. S., Liu, W., Chen, G., Chu, C. W., & Ren, Z. (2015). Relationship between thermoelectric figure of merit and energy conversion efficiency. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(27), 8205-8210. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1510231112 ↩ ↩²

2. Snyder, G. J., & Snyder, A. H. (2017). Figure of merit ZT of a thermoelectric device defined from materials properties. Energy & Environmental Science, 10(11), 2280-2283. DOI: 10.1039/C7EE02007D ↩