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Analysis and Experimental Evaluation of a Soft Switching Boost Converter with Unbalanced Capacitor Voltage (2024)
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This paper presents a novel unbalanced capacitor voltage (UCV) soft switching boost converter under full loads range with a simple control scheme. The topology consists of a half bridge switching-leg, filter inductor, and an auxiliary circuit contain... Read More about Analysis and Experimental Evaluation of a Soft Switching Boost Converter with Unbalanced Capacitor Voltage.

Impacts of distributed thermal and electric contact resistance on performance and geometric optimization of thermoelectric generators (2024)
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Thermal and electric contact resistance (TCR/ECR) critically impact performance and geometric optimization of thermoelectric generators (TEGs). However, conventional treatments usually ignored or simplified them as lumped variables, neglecting their... Read More about Impacts of distributed thermal and electric contact resistance on performance and geometric optimization of thermoelectric generators.

Hybrid sensible-latent heat thermal energy storage using natural stones to enhance heat transfer: Energy, exergy, and economic analysis (2023)
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Latent heat thermal energy storage addresses the mismatch between energy supply and demand; however, phase change materials (PCM) commonly have the issue of low thermal conductivity. Natural stones, as low-cost and environmentally friendly sensible h... Read More about Hybrid sensible-latent heat thermal energy storage using natural stones to enhance heat transfer: Energy, exergy, and economic analysis.

Exhaust channel optimization of the automobile thermoelectric generator to produce the highest net power (2023)
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The automobile thermoelectric generator is a promising energy conversion technology to enhance fuel economy and decrease the fuel consumption of vehicles. In order to boost the performance of the automobile thermoelectric generator, the fin distance... Read More about Exhaust channel optimization of the automobile thermoelectric generator to produce the highest net power.

Optimal design of a heat exchanger for automotive thermoelectric generator systems applied to a passenger car (2023)
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The heat exchanger determines the overall performance of automotive thermoelectric generator (ATEG) systems. To obtain the accurate performance of the ATEG system under actual driving conditions, a fluid-thermal-electric multiphysics numerical model... Read More about Optimal design of a heat exchanger for automotive thermoelectric generator systems applied to a passenger car.

Thermal and electrical contact resistances of thermoelectric generator: Experimental study and artificial neural network modelling (2023)
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Thermal and electrical contact resistances (TCR and ECR) of thermoelectric generator (TEG) exert essential impacts on its performance. In this study, through a series of experiments these two important properties have been estimated in a wide range o... Read More about Thermal and electrical contact resistances of thermoelectric generator: Experimental study and artificial neural network modelling.

Development of two transient models for predicting dynamic response characteristics of an automobile thermoelectric generator system (2022)
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In this work, two transient models, including a transient fluid-thermal-electric multiphysics numerical model and a hybrid transient CFD-analytical model, are proposed to predict the dynamic performance of the automobile thermoelectric generator syst... Read More about Development of two transient models for predicting dynamic response characteristics of an automobile thermoelectric generator system.

A rapid tracking method of maximum power point for solar units in series under uneven solar irradiance (2015)
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When several solar units are combined into one branch in series, the multi-peak phenomenon of the output power of the branch would appear because of the bypass diodes. Based on analyzing the operation principle of the circuit, it was found that the n... Read More about A rapid tracking method of maximum power point for solar units in series under uneven solar irradiance.