TY - JOUR A1 - Pfeiffelmann, Björn A1 - Benim, Ali Cemal A1 - Joos, Franz T1 - Water-Cooled Thermoelectric Generators for Improved Net Output Power: A Review JF - Energies N2 - Thermoelectric generators (TEGs) have the ability to convert waste heat into electrical energy under unfavorable conditions and are becoming increasingly popular in academia, but have not yet achieved a broad commercial success, due to the still comparably low efficiency. To increase the efficiency and economic viability of TEGs, research is performed on the materials on one hand and on the system connection on the other. In the latter case, the net output power of the cooling system plays a key role. At first glance, passive cooling seems preferable to active cooling because it does not affect the net electrical output power. However, as shown in the present review, the active cooling is to be preferred for net output power. The situation is similar in air and water-cooling. Even though air-cooling is easier to set up, the water-cooling should be preferred to achieve higher net output power. It is shown that microchannel cooling has similar hydraulic performance to conventional cooling and inserts increase the net output power of TEG. As the review reveals that active water-cooling should be the method of choice to achieve high net output power, it also shows that a careful optimization is necessary to exploit the potential. KW - Energy Engineering and Power Technology KW - Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment KW - Electrical and Electronic Engineering KW - Control and Optimization KW - DOAJ Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-37323 SN - 1996-1073 VL - 14 IS - 24 PB - MDPI ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pfeiffelmann, Björn A1 - Özman, Cansu A1 - Benim, Ali Cemal A1 - Joos, Franz T1 - Variable temperature effects on TEG performance JF - E3S Web of Conferences KW - DOAJ Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-27893 SN - 2267-1242 VL - 128 PB - edp sciences ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Benim, Ali Cemal A1 - Gül, Fethi A1 - Assmann, Alexander A1 - Akhyari, Payam A1 - Lichtenberg, Artur A1 - Joos, Franz T1 - Validation of loss-coefficient-based outlet boundary conditions for simulating aortic flow JF - Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1142/s0219519416500111 VL - 16 IS - 2 PB - World Scientific ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Benim, Ali Cemal A1 - Iqbal, Sohail A1 - Joos, Franz A1 - Wiedermann, Alexander T1 - Numerical Analysis of Turbulent Combustion in a Model Swirl Gas Turbine Combustor JF - Journal of Combustion Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-28044 SN - 2090-1968 SN - 2090-1976 VL - 2016 SP - 1 EP - 12 PB - Hindawi ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pfeiffelmann, Björn A1 - Benim, Ali Cemal A1 - Joos, Franz T1 - Numerical analysis of liquid jet impingement cooling of a thermoelectric generator JF - MATEC Web of Conferences Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-27988 SN - 2261-236X VL - 240 PB - edp sciences ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Iqbal, Sohail A1 - Pfeiffelmann, Björn A1 - Benim, Ali Cemal A1 - Joos, Franz T1 - Numerical analysis of lifted hydrogen flame JF - MATEC Web of Conferences Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:due62-opus-27950 SN - 2261-236X VL - 240 PB - edp sciences ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Benim, Ali Cemal A1 - Escudier, Marcel A1 - Nahavandi, Ali A1 - Nickson, A. K. A1 - Syed, Khawar J. A1 - Joos, Franz T1 - Experimental and numerical investigation of isothermal flow in an idealized swirl combustor JF - International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1108/09615531011024084 VL - 20 IS - 3 SP - 348 EP - 370 PB - Emerald ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pfeiffelmann, Björn A1 - Benim, Ali Cemal A1 - Joos, Franz T1 - Computational Investigation of Impingement Cooling of Thermoelectric Generators JF - Heat Transfer Engineering Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/01457632.2019.1699296 SN - 0145-7632 VL - 42 IS - 3-4 SP - 282 EP - 295 PB - Taylor & Francis ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pfeiffelmann, Bjorn A1 - Ozman, Cansu A1 - Benim, Ali Cemal A1 - Joos, Franz T1 - Analysis of the effect of nonuniform surface temperature distribution on the performance of a thermoelectric generator JF - Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2022.102375 SN - 2213-1388 VL - 53 IS - A PB - Elsevier ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pfeiffelmann, Björn A1 - Benim, Ali Cemal A1 - Joos, Franz T1 - A Finite Volume Analysis of Thermoelectric Generators JF - Heat Transfer Engineering Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/01457632.2018.1474588 SN - 0145-7632 SN - 1521-0537 VL - 40 IS - 17-18 SP - 1442 EP - 1450 PB - Taylor & Francis ER -