Generation of thermoelectricity for autonomous heating systems

用于自主供暖系统的热电发电

• 批准号: 336595-2006
• 负责人: Masut, Remo
• 金额: $ 6.9万
• 依托单位: École Polytechnique de Montréal
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Strategic Projects - Group
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2008-01-01 至 2009-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=399067
• 关键词: Generation; thermoelectricity; autonomous; heating; systems

This proposal aims to research and optimize thermoelectric alloys for the efficient generation of thermoelectricity. The central focus of the proposal is the design and fabrication of thermoelectric generators (TEGs) to be incorporated in oil and natural gas home heating systems, which will render them autonomous under electricity power outages. TEGs are capable of collecting part of the thermal energy of the exhaust gases of a heating system at the rather low temperatures (around 100 C) necessary to optimize the overall efficiency of such system. The implementation of an efficient and autonomous heating system based on TEGs would provide a solution to a currently unsafe situation facing all Canadians, with the added bonus of providing energy savings which will be significant in terms of the thermal energy that can still potentially be recovered. Due to the excellent (already tested) mechanical properties of extruded thermoelectric alloys which we obtained in the past for cooling applications, we  foresee that adequate alloys can be found and processed in order to produce modules with extremely short legs (about a factor of 4 smaller that what has been achieved in practice so far). This unique advantage, while keeping excellent thermoelectric properties and a very low cost, enables us to predict the feasibility of efficient, practical modules with a reasonably small area which will provide in excess of 200W output energy to run heating systems without the requirement of the electric grid.

该提案旨在研究和优化热电合金，以高效产生热电。该提案的核心重点是设计和制造将纳入石油和天然气家庭供暖系统的热电发电机（TEG），这将使它们实现自主化。在断电情况下，TEG 能够在相当低的温度（约 100°C）下收集加热系统废气的部分热能，以优化该系统的整体效率。加热基于 TEG 的系统将为所有加拿大人当前面临的不安全状况提供解决方案，并具有节省能源的额外好处，这对于仍有可能回收的热能而言非常重要（由于其性能优异（已测试））。根据我们过去用于冷却应用的挤压热电合金的机械性能，我们预见可以找到并加工足够的合金，以生产具有极短腿的模块（大约比实际实现的模块小 4 倍，因此远的）。独特的优势，同时保持优异的热电性能和非常低的成本，使我们能够预测高效、实用的模块的可行性，该模块具有相当小的面积，将提供超过 200W 的输出能量来运行加热系统，而不需要电网。