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Thermoelectric Power Generation in a Vacuum Cell of Decomposing Liquid Potassium-Ammonia Solutions

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  • Jibeom Kim

    (Department of Energy and Advanced Material Engineering, Dongguk University-Seoul, 26, 3-ga, Pil-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul 100-715, Korea)

  • Kyuchol Shim

    (Department of Energy and Advanced Material Engineering, Dongguk University-Seoul, 26, 3-ga, Pil-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul 100-715, Korea)

  • Joonhyeon Jeon

    (Department of Energy and Advanced Material Engineering, Dongguk University-Seoul, 26, 3-ga, Pil-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul 100-715, Korea
    Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Dongguk University-Seoul, 26, 3-ga, Pil-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul 100-715, Korea)

Abstract

This paper describes the design of high-efficiency reversible thermoelectric conversion devices for thermoelectric power generation through liquid potassium-ammonia (K-NH 3 ) solutions. The validity and effectiveness of the proposed design is verified by thermoelectric experiments using two kinds of “U”-shaped vacuum cells with a NH 3 -gas passageway connecting both legs of “U”, one of which has a waist in the middle of a liquid flow passage. The experimental results show that the gas passageway provides a stable and reliable reaction by preventing an internal pressure imbalance due to NH 3 gasification during solution decomposition; hence, long-term, reversible thermoelectric power can be effectively derived by stably inducing two separate phase transitions in the cell. In addition, the effect of the narrow waist in the cell’s middle is verified to cause an increase in thermoelectric conversion efficiency due to improved electric conductivity of liquid in the vacuum cell. Consequently, using these technologies in thermoelectric cell potentially leads to long-time, high-efficiency thermoelectric power generation through liquid K-NH 3 solutions.

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  • Jibeom Kim & Kyuchol Shim & Joonhyeon Jeon, 2013. "Thermoelectric Power Generation in a Vacuum Cell of Decomposing Liquid Potassium-Ammonia Solutions," Energies, MDPI, vol. 6(11), pages 1-13, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:6:y:2013:i:11:p:5960-5972:d:30500
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    1. Massimo Marino & Lorenza Misuri & Andrea Carati & Doriano Brogioli, 2014. "Proof-of-Concept of a Zinc-Silver Battery for the Extraction of Energy from a Concentration Difference," Energies, MDPI, vol. 7(6), pages 1-20, June.
    2. Tingzhen Ming & Qiankun Wang & Keyuan Peng & Zhe Cai & Wei Yang & Yongjia Wu & Tingrui Gong, 2015. "The Influence of Non-Uniform High Heat Flux on Thermal Stress of Thermoelectric Power Generator," Energies, MDPI, vol. 8(11), pages 1-19, November.

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