Increasing the efficiency of cryogenic automobile power systems using thermoelectric generators

• Date: 2016
• Main Authors: Traum, M. J., Kudryavtsev, I. N., Plummer, M. C.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Інститут енергетичних машин і систем ім. А. М. Підгорного Національної академії наук України 2016
• Subjects: УДК 537.322
• Online Access: https://journals.uran.ua/jme/article/view/82154
• Journal Title: Energy Technologies & Resource Saving

The application of the recently discovered low-temperature thermoelectric material CsBi4Te6 in thermoelectric generators (TEG) for automotive cryogenic power systems is proposed. The maximum energy conversion efficiency of a considered TEG assembly within a cryogenic storage tank is estimated to be...