Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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648807 | Applied Thermal Engineering | 2009 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
A promising energy source for portable MEMS devices, microthermophotovoltaic (micro-TPV) power generator, is described in this paper. The system mainly consists of a micro SiC combustor, and a GaSb photovoltaic (PV) cell array and a simple nine-layer dielectric filter, with a volume of about 3.1Â cm3. When the flow rate of H2 is 4.2Â g/h, and H2/O2 ratio is 0.7, the system is able to deliver 3.06Â W electrical power, the open-circuit voltage and short-circuit current are 2.31Â V and 1.74Â A, respectively, the result is a power density of about 1.0Â W/cm3 (1Â MW/m3). The effect of all kinds of factors on the performance of the micro-TPV system is also discussed in this paper.
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Authors
W.M. Yang, S.K. Chou, J. Li,