An automotive thermoelectric energy system with parallel configuration for engine waste heat recovery

Author

Zhang, Xiaodong ; Chan, C.C. ; Li, Wenlong

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

fYear

2011

fDate

20-23 Aug. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In recent years, there has been active research on exhaust gas waste heat energy recovery for automobiles. In this paper, the thermoelectric energy system with parallel configuration is proposed and implemented for automobiles. Compared with the series-connected thermoelectric energy system, the parallel-connected thermoelectric energy system offers higher overall efficiency with bidirectional converter because that only partial power is handled. The experimental results show that the parallel-connected configuration is a competitive option for automobile thermoelectric energy system.

Keywords

automotive electrics; thermoelectric conversion; waste heat; automobile thermoelectric energy system; automotive thermoelectric energy system; bidirectional converter; engine waste heat recovery; exhaust gas waste heat energy recovery; parallel-connected configuration; parallel-connected thermoelectric energy system; series-connected thermoelectric energy system; Automobiles; Batteries; Heat recovery; Power generation; Resistance; Switches; Waste heat;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1044-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEMS.2011.6073974

Filename

6073974