Paper Title
Recover of Waste Heat from an Old Automotive Engine Exhaust
Abstract
Temperature distribution was measured along the exhaust pipe of an old car model at different car speeds and two
loads at both cases of insulation and non-insulation of the exhaust pipe. Measured data are used to investigate the possibility
to utilize thermoelectric devices to produce voltage based on Seebeck effect principle. Calculations are performed for two
different thermoelectric materials, loads and different car speeds at both cases of insulating and non-insulating of the exhaust
pipe. Results indicated that insulation of the exhaust pipe remarkably increased the produced voltage.
Keywords - Old car, waste heat, thermoelectric materials, Seebeck effect.