PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF AN AUTOMOTIVE THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR

Author

Andrei Olegovich Dubitsky, Purdue University

Date of Award

January 2015

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (MSME)

Department

Mechanical Engineering

First Advisor

Stephen Heister

Second Advisor

Xianfan Xu

Committee Member 1

Tim Fisher

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.

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