Experimental and computational study on thermoelectric generators using thermosyphons with phase change as heat exchangers

The authors are indebted to the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness-Government of Spain and FEDER Funds for economic support of this work, included in the DPI2014-53158-R Research Project.

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