(Springer US, 2013) Rodríguez García, Antonio; Astrain Ulibarrena, David; Martínez Echeverri, Álvaro; Gubía Villabona, Eugenio; Sorbet Presentación, Francisco Javier; Ingeniería Mecánica, Energética y de Materiales; Mekanika, Energetika eta Materialen Ingeniaritza
This work presents the design and development of a thermoelectric generator
intended to harness waste heat in a biomass power plant, and generate electric
power to operate sensors and the required electronics for wireless communication.
The first objective of the work is to design the optimum
thermoelectric generator to harness heat from a hot surface, and generate
electric power to operate a flowmeter and a wireless transmitter. The process
is conducted by using a computational model, presented in previous papers, to
determine the final design that meets the requirements of electric power
consumption and number of transmissions per minute. Finally, the thermoelectric
generator is simulated to evaluate its performance. The final device
transmits information every 5 s. Moreover, it is completely autonomous and
can be easily installed, since no electric wires are required.
