Study of the Performances of a Thermoelectric Generator Based on a Catalytic Meso-Scale H₂/C₃H₈ Fueled Combustor.

In this work the thermoelectric generator (TEG) based on catalytic combustion already developed in our lab has been further investigated and improved. The system made of two thermoelectric (TE) modules coupled with a catalytic combustor has been used in this work to obtain higher overall efficiency by adding hydrogen to the fuel mixture. Since implementation of hydrogen as a fuel has shown low and stable combustion temperature in literature, it is expected to achieve good overall efficiency of TEG.