Linear thermomagnetic energy harvester for low-grade thermal energy harvesting

Kishore, Ravi Anant; Singh, Deepa; Sriramdas, Rammohan; Garcia, Anthony Jon; Sanghadasa, Mohan; Priya, Shashank

doi:10.1063/1.5124312

Linear thermomagnetic energy harvester for low-grade thermal energy harvesting

Journal Article · Wed Jan 22 00:00:00 EST 2020 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5124312· OSTI ID:1598972

^[1]; Singh, Deepa ^[2]; Sriramdas, Rammohan ^[3]; Garcia, Anthony Jon ^[2]; Sanghadasa, Mohan ^[4]; Priya, Shashank ^[3]

Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States); National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States)
Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ. (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA (United States); Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, Redstone Arsenal, AL (United States)

Low-grade thermal energy, either from waste heat or from natural resources, constitutes an enormous energy reserve that remains to be fully harvested. Harvesting low-grade heat is challenging because of the low Carnot efficiency. Among various thermal energy harvesting mechanisms available for capturing low-grade heat (temperature less than 100 degrees C), the thermomagnetic effect has been found to be quite promising. In this study, we demonstrate a scalable thermomagnetic energy harvester architecture that exhibits 140% higher power density compared to the previously published spring-mass designs. The alternating force required to oscillate the thermomagnetic mass is generated through the interaction between two magnetic forces in opposite directions. We employed numerical modeling to illustrate the behavior of a thermomagnetic device under different operating conditions and to obtain the optimal hot-side and cold-side temperatures for continuous mode operations. A miniaturized thermomagnetic harvester was fabricated and experiments were conducted to systematically evaluate the performance. The prototype was found to exhibit an oscillation frequency of 0.33 Hz, a work output of 0.6 J/kg/cycle, and a power density of 0.2 W/kg of gadolinium under the temperature difference of 60 K.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 1598972

Report Number(s):: NREL/JA--5500-76025; MainId:14613; UUID:3b7da156-a247-ea11-9c31-ac162d87dfe5; MainAdminID:3092

Journal Information:: Journal of Applied Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 127; ISSN 0021-8979

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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