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http://dx.doi.org/10.5855/ENERGY.2016.25.4.133

Study on Application of Cooling System of Automotive Engine for Thermoelectric Generator  

Park, Myungwhan (Dept. of Automotive Eng., Gyungnam Nat'l Univ. of Sci. and Tech.)
Hur, Taeyoung (Dept. of Automotive Eng., Gyungnam Nat'l Univ. of Sci. and Tech., Graduate School)
Yang, Youngjoon (Dept. of Automotive Eng., Gyungnam Nat'l Univ. of Sci. and Tech.)
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Journal of Energy Engineering / v.25, no.4, 2016 , pp. 133-140 More about this Journal
Abstract
Thermoelectric generator, which is known as using Seebeck effect, have been widely applied in many industrial parts, for instance, from submarine to equipments capable of producing hot or cooling water. Its usefulness was verified in terms of producing electric power using temperature difference and vice versa. Application on thermoelectric generator has been mainly forced on exhaust gas of automotive engine so far. In this study, the possibility was investigated whether electric power could be produced by using cooling water in automotive engine. As the result, it showed that electric power had differences depending on shapes of power auxiliary apparatus and, in this experiment, maximum of electric power was 1.5 voltage.
Keywords
Thermoelectric generator; Automotive engine; Cooling system; Seebeck effect; Electric power;
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