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PROJECT PHASE-2 (18MEP78)

PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF THERMOELECTRIC MATERIALS FOR ENERGY


CONVERSION IN HEAT ENGINES

ABSTRACT

Internal combustion engines are approximately 25% efficient and the remaining 75% is wasted as
heat, depending on the operation and design of engine. The huge amount of energy wasted as heat in
the exhaust gasses and coolant can be recovered with waste heat recovery system. The heat recovery
system can potentially convert some of the wasted heat in to electrical energy in result reduce fuel
consumption and less load on the engine. This wasted heat could be recovered with the help of
thermocouples which directly converts heat energy in to electrical energy.

There is a lot of work done so far for harnessing waste heat into useful work. It was started with heat
wasted in steam power stations where 50% or more energy was wasted after fuel combustion process,
because the flue gases took away the furnace heat into the environment without any vital work done.

Thermoelectric technology has highly valuable attributes such as solid-state, highly scalable, and
modular. It has no moving parts, no vibration, silent operation, and can perform for small scale
applications. Thermoelectricity is the direct or spontaneous conversion of heat into electricity and vice versa.
The term “Thermoelectricity” encompasses three separately identified effects namely: Seebeck
effect, Peltier effect and Thomson effect. Seebeck effect can be used to generate electricity. The
main objective of this project is to investigate and analyse a thermoelectric energy conversion
technology to recover waste energy from exhaust gas in IC engines.

Batch Details

Dilip Kumar S 1GV19ME405


Jenivaraya Francis H 1GV19ME412
Karthikeyan V 1GV19ME415
Lakshmana K 1GV19ME417
Internal Guide
Dr. P D Sudersanan,
Professor,
Dept, of Mechanical Engg,
Dr. TTIT-KGF.

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