Abstract—An experimental study on combustion in porous
media and thermoelectric generation was performed. The
reactor was composed of two types of porous media where
flame stabilization was reached at the interface of them. An
external thermoelectric module was placed to harvest the
thermal energy produced in the system. Maximum values of
voltage and current obtained were 503 mV and 150 mA
respectively.
Index Terms—Energy conversion, super adiabatic
combustion, thermoelectricity.
V. I. Bubnovich, L. A. Henríquez-Vargas, and F. E. Ibacache are with the
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Santiago of Chile, B.
O’Higgins 3363, Santiago, Chile (e-mail: valeri.bubnovich@usach.cl,
luis.henriquez@usach.cl, fibacaches@gmail. com).
N. Orlovskaya is with the Department of Mechanical, Materials and
Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
(email: norlovsk@mail.ucf.edu ).
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Cite:Valeri I. Bubnovich, Nina Orlovskaya, Luis A. Henríquez-Vargas, and Francisco E. Ibacache, "Experimental Thermoelectric Generation in a Porous
Media Burner," International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Applications vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 301-304, 2013.
