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In recent years, there has been a lot of active research on energy recovery from waste heat obtained from various sources. A remarkable potential for harvesting the energy lies in the waste heat obtained during households daily chores. In this paper, waste heat obtained from chulhas has been exploited to generate energy with the help of thermoelectric energy system. Thermoelectric generators convert the waste heat to voltage are coupled with suitable heat sink, interfaced with DC–DC converter and storage circuit. The thermoelectric systems for waste heat recovery have low system efficiency, which prevents using them feasibly for the direct fuel energy conversion. This paper focuses on design of various key parameters, components and factors that determine the performance of DC–DC converter/energy harvester system. The theoretical results obtained showed good agreement compared with the simulation results using LTSPICE. This is a step toward greener source of energy as it does not hinder the normal working of the chulhas and the waste heat which is usually emitted out in the atmosphere and is of no use.
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This work was supported and funded by Himachal Pradesh Council for Science, Technology & Environment (HIMCOSTE), H.P. vide project no. SCSTE/F(8)-1/2017 5085-5086.
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Jain, S., Kashyap, V., Sood, M. (2020). Design and Analysis of Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting Module for Recovery of Household Waste Heat. In: Singh, P., Kar, A., Singh, Y., Kolekar, M., Tanwar, S. (eds) Proceedings of ICRIC 2019 . Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 597. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29407-6_65
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