IMPROVEMENT OF THE EFFICIENCY
OF A SOLAR THERMOELECTRIC BATTERY
A. I. Novikov

UDC 621.362.02

A refined model for calculation of the heat transfer 
inside a thermoelectric temperature transducer of the module type 
is considered as applied to the structure of a solar thermoelectric 
battery. An investigation is made of the dependence of the useful 
electric power of the battery on the geometric characteristics of 
its thermomodules and the structural parameters of the battery. It 
is shown that for each value of the external load optimum values of 
the cross-sectional area and height of the thermoelement arms exist, 
at which the maximum useful electric power is realized.

State Rocket Center "Academician V. P. Makeev Design Office," 
Miass, Russian Federation; email: root@mmz.miass.chel.su. Translated 
from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 74, No. 1, pp. 156-159, 
January-February, 2001. Original article submitted December 18, 
1998; revision submitted July 13, 2000.

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