Imperial College London
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ProfessorPaulMitcheson

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Professor in Electrical Energy Conversion
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 6284paul.mitcheson

 
 
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Assistant

 

Miss Guler Eroglu +44 (0)20 7594 6170

 
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Location

 

1112Electrical EngineeringSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Kiziroglou:2013:10.1063/1.4829044,
author = {Kiziroglou, ME and Elefsiniotis, A and Wright, SW and Toh, TT and Mitcheson, PD and Becker, T and Yeatman, EM},
doi = {10.1063/1.4829044},
journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
title = {Performance of phase change materials for heat storage thermoelectric harvesting},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4829044},
volume = {103},
year = {2013}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Heat storage energy harvesting devices have promise as independent power sources for wireless aircraft sensors. These generate energy from the temperature variation in time during flight. Previously reported devices use the phase change of water for heat storage, hence restricting applicability to instances with ground temperature above 0 °C. Here, we examine the use of alternative phase change materials (PCMs). A recently introduced numerical model is extended to include phase change inhomogeneity, and a PCM characterization method is proposed. A prototype device is presented, and two cases with phase changes at approximately −9.5 °C and +9.5 °C are studied.
AU  - Kiziroglou,ME
AU  - Elefsiniotis,A
AU  - Wright,SW
AU  - Toh,TT
AU  - Mitcheson,PD
AU  - Becker,T
AU  - Yeatman,EM
DO  - 10.1063/1.4829044
PY  - 2013///
SN  - 1077-3118
TI  - Performance of phase change materials for heat storage thermoelectric harvesting
T2  - Applied Physics Letters
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4829044
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/29831
VL  - 103
ER  -
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