DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A SIMPLE THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR HEAT EXCHANGER FOR POWER GENERATION FROM SALINITY GRADIENT SOLAR POND

Authors

  • Baljit Singh Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Altenaijy Saoud Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy (EnergyCARE) Group School of Aerospace Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
  • Muhammed Fairuz Remeli Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Lai Chet Ding Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy (EnergyCARE) Group School of Aerospace Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
  • Abhijit Date Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy (EnergyCARE) Group School of Aerospace Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
  • Aliakbar Akbarzadeh Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy (EnergyCARE) Group School of Aerospace Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v76.5527

Keywords:

Solar pond, thermoelectric generator, renewable energy, power generation

Abstract

Solar pond is one source of renewable thermal energy. The solar pond collects and stores thermal energy at the lower zone of the solar pond. The temperature at the lower zone can reach up to 90 °C. The solar pond is capable storing thermal energy for a long period. The stored thermal energy can be converted into electricity by using thermoelectric generators. These thermoelectric generators can be operated using the cold and hot zones from a solar pond. In this paper, the experimental investigation of power generation from the solar pond using thermoelectric generator and simple heat exchanger is discussed. A maximum of 7.02 W of electrical power output was obtained from a simple heat exchanger with 40 thermoelectric modules.

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Published

2015-09-14

Issue

Vol. 76 No. 5: Energy & Environment

Section

Science and Engineering

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DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A SIMPLE THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR HEAT EXCHANGER FOR POWER GENERATION FROM SALINITY GRADIENT SOLAR POND. (2015). Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences & Engineering), 76(5). https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v76.5527