ABDULLAH CEM AĞAÇAYAK, Hakan TERZİOĞLU, Hasan ÇİMEN, Süleyman NEŞELİ, GÖKHAN YALÇIN

The Effects of Speed and Flow Rate on Power in Thermoelectric Generators

Geothermal energy is a kind of clean energy which has existed since the world existed. Every passing year new geotermal fields are invented and their area of usage is increasing rapidly. In our day, where there is tendency of rising in the energy costs; the geothermal energy rise in importance as an alternative resource. Therefore, in this study the design of the thermoelectric generator which directly transforms the geothermal energy that is one of the renewable energy sources to electrical energy and the execution of the system is carried out. In the system, two different types of TEC1-12706 and TEC1-12710 thermoelectric moduls which are made up of thermoelectric semiconductors that can be easily acquired in the markets are used in the energy transition. In the experimental studies that are performed, the power rating which thermalelectric generators produce in 3 different pressure and 3 different flow rate of hot and cold water are compared. Consequently, it is seen that the speed and the flow rate of the water is efficacious on the power which thermoelectric generators generate

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