Technical Program

(Preliminary)

 


Thursday September 17, 1998

 
8:00-18:00 REGISTRATION
  9:00 Workshop opening 
Dr. Luis García Pascual 
Vicerrector of Research and Postgraduate Studies. 
Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Spain)
  9:15 Invited lecture
Power generation and potential industrial applications 
D.M. Rowe. 
University of Wales (United Kingdom).
 
Session I. Thermoelectric Applications I
 10:00  Porous Silicon  Layer  Coupled with thermoelectric cooler: a humidity sensor. 
A. Foucaran, M. García, M. Benhida, A. Giani. 
Université de Montpellier II (France)
 10:20 Application of the Thermoelectricity on the development of a test-tube holder and a wine exposer with temperatures control. 
J. González Vián, A. Ulibarena, J. Esarte San Martin, J.J. Aguas. 
Universidad Publica de Navarra (Spain)
 10:40 Thermoelectric Isothermal Container. 
T. Wartanowicz, A. Czarnecki. 
Warsaw University of Technology (Poland)

11:00 BREAK
 
Session II . Modelling and Measurement of Thermoelectric Materials
 11:30  Cascade Thermoelectric Coolers with Branched Electrical Feed. 
V. A. Semenyuk, D.B. Bezverkhov. 
THERMION (Ukraine)
 11:50 Polaron participation in properties of CdTe like structures. 
S. Vacková, K, Zdánsky, K. Vacek. 
Czech Technical University of Prague (Czech Republic)
 12:10 Peltier Pellet Analysis with a Coupled, Non-Linear, 3D Finite Element Model. 
D. Gavela, J.L. Pérez Aparicio. 
Universidad Pontificia Comillas-IIT (Spain)

13:00 Reception in the Town Hall of Madrid (to be confirmed)
14:00 LUNCH
 
Session III . Thin Films I
 15:00  Transport Properties of Doped b-FeSi2+x Thin Films. 
H. Gressman, J. Schumann, A. Heinrich. 
Institut für Festkörper-und Werkstofforschung Dresden e.V (Germany)
 15:20 MOCVD Growth of Bi2Te3 and Sb2Te3 Thin Films. 
A. Giani, A. Boulouz, F. Pascal-Delannoy. 
Université de Montpellier II (France)
 15:40 Thermoelectric Properties of Epitaxial PbSe and PbSrSe Thin Films. 
J. Nurmus, F. Völklein, M. Blumers. 
InstitutPhysikalische Mebtechnik IPM (Germany)
 16:00 Thermoelectric Figure of Merit of Superlattices. 
L.I. Anatychuk, S.Melnichuk, S.I. Kosyachenko. 
Institute of Thermoelectricity (Ukraine)

16:20 BREAK
 
Session IV. Thermoelectric Applications II
 16:50 Thermal Design on Semiconductor Devices Submitted to Pulse Control.
A. López, F.J. Villasevil, G. Noriega.
Universidad de Cataluña (Spain)
 17:10  The Use of Thermoelectric cooling for shape memory wire temperature control.
V. Semenyuk, S. Seelecke, J. Stockholm, A.Muolff.
THERMION (Ukraine)
 17:30  A Program for Research, Develop and Design Thermoelectric Energy Converters.
L.P. Bulat, Y.S. Yang, Y.S. Cho.
Korea Institute of Energy Research (Korea)
 17:50  Prototype development of a cooling system for a water cooler (model M-5) based in a thermoelectric effect.
Joaquin Romero.
Canaletas (Spain)
 18:10  Rational Technical and Economical Characteristics of Thermoelectric Generators and Their Accomplishment with the Use of Modules Alter 1010-1039.
L.I. Anatychuk, V.Ya, Mikhailovsky, Yu.Yu. Rozver.
Institute of Thermoelectricity (Ukraine)

 20.30 BANQUET
 


Friday  September 18, 1998

 
  8:30  Invited lecture.
New Thermoelectric Materials
H. Scherrer.
Université Henri Poincaré (France)
 
Session V. Thin Films II
  9:15  Thermoelectric Properties of Heteroepitaxial PbTe films on Si.
J. Nurmus, J. John, H. Griessmann.
InstitutPhysikalische Mebtechnik IPM (Germany)
  9:35  Thermopower Measurement on Thin Films.
M. Stölzer, V. Bechstein, J. Meusel.
Martin-Luther-Universität (Germany)
  9:55 Modelling of Thermoelectric Properties of PbSe and-PbSrSe-epitaxial Films.
J. Nurmus, A. Lambrecht, H. Böttner, H. Gries.
InstitutPhysikalische Mebtechnik IPM (Germany)
 10:15  Micro-Module Peltier Flash Technique Elaborated Used as Humidity Sensor.
A. Foucaran, A. Sackada, A. Giani, F.Pascal, A. Boyer.
Université de Montpellier II (France)

10:35 BREAK
 
Session VI. Preparation and Processing Techniques of the TE Materials
 11:00  Production method of high temperature thermoelectric modules.
M. Riffel.
Ecole Des Mines, Université Henri Poincaré (France)
 11:20  Effect of extrusion and Posterior Annaling on Structure and Thermoelectric Properties of. n-Bi2Te3-xSex and p-Bi0,52Te3Sb1.48 Solid Solutions.
V.I. Nekhoroshev.
St Petersburg State Academy of Refrigeration (Russia)
 11:40 Comparison of the Properties of iron-disilicide Thermoelectric Materials Produced by hot Pressing, Spark-Plasma Sintering and Pressureless Sintering.
K. Nogi, T.Kita, T. Yamamoto, X. Yang.
Osaka University (Japan)
 12:00 Chevrel Phases as Good Thermoelectric Material.
C. Roche, P. Pecheur, G.Toussaint, A. Jenny.
Ecole des Mines, Université Henri Poincaré  (France)
 12:20 Electrical Resistivity and Scattering Mechanisms of Hot Pressed GeTe-rich Thermoelectric Materials in the System GeTe.
S. Plachkove, P. Konstantinov, I. Avramova.
University of Sofia (Bulgaria)

13:00   LUNCH
 
Session VII. Thermoelectric Applications III
 14:30  Humidity Sensor Based on Differential Seebeck Effect.
F. Pascal, A. Sackda, A. Giani, A. Foucaran.
Université de Montpellier II (France)
 14:50 3D, Non-Linear Coupled, finite Element Model of Thermoelectricity.
J.L.Pérez Aparicio, D. Gavela.
Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Spain)
 15:10 Development of High Power Density Modules for Power Generation.
D.M. Rowe, G.Min, s. Williams .
NEDO (United Kingdom)
 15:30 Electrical Properties of Commercial Thermoelectric Modules.
R. Palacios, L. Ming-Zhu.
Universidad Pontificia Comillas, IIT (Spain)
 15:50 Development of the research project on environmental cooling systems based on the Peltier effect.
L.P. Bulat, A.V. Nekhoroshev, V. I. Nekhoroshev.
St Petersburg State Academy of Refrigeration (Russia)

16:10   BREAK
 
Session VIII. Discussion session
 16:30  Chairman : G.F. Noriega
CIDETE  (Spain)

17:15   END OF THE WORKSHOP