Automotive vehicles with internal combustion engines, such as conventional gasoline and
electric hybrid vehicles, exhibit inherent irreversibilities that hinder them from achieving high …

The potential for thermoelectric power generation via waste heat recovery onboard
automobiles to displace alternators and/or provide additional charging to a hybrid vehicle …

The potential for thermoelectric power generation (via waste heat recovery onboard
automobiles) to displace alternators and/or provide additional charging to a vehicle battery …

Currently, a great deal of the automotive industry's R&D effort is focused on improving
overall vehicle environmental and energy efficiency [1]. For instance, one of the things that …

With ever increasing concern on oil prices and energy conservation, there is a fast growing
interest in hybrid vehicles globally. Currently, all hybrid vehicles, including micro, mild and …

Several proposed applications of thermoelectric (TE) waste heat recovery devices in the
automotive industry are reviewed. To assess the feasibility of these applications at a vehicle …

Thermoelectric (TE) generators convert heat directly into electricity when a temperature
gradient is applied across junctions of two dissimilar metals. The devices could increase the …

Thermoelectric recovery of automobile waste exhaust heat has been identified as having
potential for reducing fuel consumption and environmentally unfriendly emissions. Around …

Majority of the vehicles commercially available today and on the roads today use internal
combustion engines (ICE) for the power source. Such engines utilize only small share of the …

A compact thermoelectric generator is developed for waste-heat recovery in a sedan-type
hybrid electric vehicle. The shape and dimensions of the thermoelectric generator are …