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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2013.14.3.1022

Development of Simulation Model for Waste Heat Recovery from Automotive Engine Exhaust Using Thermoelectric Generator  

Kim, Ki-Bum (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chungbuk National University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.14, no.3, 2013 , pp. 1022-1026 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, the waste heat recovery technique using thermoelectric generator (TEG) in automotive engine has emerged to improve thermal efficiency in commercial vehicle. It is not difficult to recognize the numerous attempts that have been made to develop the TEG simulation model, but it is hard to find the model in conjunction with a particular heat engine system. In this study, 1-D commercial software AMESim was used to develop a computational model that can assess waste heat recovery from a diesel engine exhaust using TEG. The developed TEG simulation model can be used for evaluating the TEG performance of various types of TE module, and the diesel engine model can simulate any type of on and off-road diesel engines. The simulation results demonstrated that approximately 544.75W could be recovered from the engine exhaust and 40.4W could be directly converted into electricity using one TE module. The models developed in this study can be easily coupled with each other in the same computational program; thus, the models are expected to provide a viable tool for developing and optimizing a TEG waste heat recovery system in an automotive diesel engine.
Keywords
AMESim modeling; Thermoelectric generator (TEG); Waste Heat Recovery (WHR);
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