| Title | Design of a tubular microfabricated power generation system for hot exhaust streams |
| Publication Type | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 2007 |
| Authors | Masilamani, S., I. Boniche, C. D. Meyer, R. Durscher, and D. P. Arnold |
| Conference Name | Tech. Dig. 7th Int. Workshop on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS 2007) |
| Date Published | November |
| Conference Location | Freiburg, Germany |
| Abstract | This paper presents the preliminary design, modeling, and fabrication efforts for a micromachined thermoelectric power generator to be powered by hot exhaust gases from a small heat engine or fuel cell. The proposed tubular generator is envisioned by stacking multiple TE chip modules, each having radially-oriented thermoelements that extend between silicon fin arrays and are supported by a polyimide membrane. A prototype multi-module stack was fabricated and was experimentally shown to sustain a 36 |
