Ceramic High Temperature Thermoelectric Heat Exchanger and Heat Recuperators in the Power Generation Systems

This project will develop compact and highly efficient all-oxide ceramic thermoelectric (TE) generators to work as compact heat exchanger and simultaneously recover the high temperature waste heat from high temperature power systems such as solid oxide fuel cells.

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Ceramic High Temperature Thermoelectric Heat Exchanger and Heat Recuperators for Power Generation Systems (March 2017)
Presented by Xueyan Song, West Virginia University Research Corpotation, Project Review Meeting for Crosscutting Research, Gasification Systems, and Rare Earth Elements Research Portfolios, Pittsburgh, PA.
Ceramic High Temperature Thermoelectric Heat Exchanger and Heat Recuperators for Power Generation Systems (April 2016)
Presented by Xueyan Song, West Virginia University, 2016 NETL Crosscutting Technology Research Review Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.

Principal Investigator

Xueyan Song

xueyan.song@mail.wvu.edu

Project Benefits

With the combination of enhanced performance of oxide materials and the innovative designs of TE generators, the proposed all-oxide TE device will potentially over-perform the state-of-the-art TE materials that are made of conventional metallic or semiconductor materials for high temperature applications. Overall, the TE devices proposed in this project will be highly efficient, lightweight, reduced in size, highly stable in air at high temperatures, and non-toxic, for powering sensors at temperatures in the 600-980 degrees Celsius range. In addition, the new devices will be easy to fabricate and thus will facilitate mass production with a high potential for use in large-scale operations.

Project ID

FE0024009

Website

West Virginia University Research Corporation

http://hr.research.wvu.edu/