Abstract
Around 40% of the total fuel energy in typical internal combustion engines (ICEs) is rejected to the environment in the form of exhaust gas waste heat. Efficient recovery of this waste heat in automobiles can promise a fuel economy improvement of 5%. The thermal energy can be harvested through thermoelectric generators (TEGs) utilizing the Seebeck effect.
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (MSME)
Department
Mechanical Engineering
Date of Award
January 2015
Recommended Citation
Dubitsky, Andrei Olegovich, "PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF AN AUTOMOTIVE THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR" (2015). Open Access Theses. 1106.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_theses/1106
First Advisor
Stephen Heister
Second Advisor
Xianfan Xu
Committee Member 1
Tim Fisher
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