BMW'S EFFICIENT MOBILITY - THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR

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Uploaded by on May 20, 2008

Thermoelectric generator in the test car. Various shots.
Thermoelectric generator in the exhaust pipe. Graphic: Function of the thermoelectric generator.

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  • The water refrigeration system wastes the 60% of the energy of the engine so, Why did not use that?

  • heat, cool, heat, cool, heat, cool -vs- plastic tubing... MMMmmm...

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  • furthermore, i'd say to use the electricity generated from the exhaust heat to power some TEC's for climate control. benefits are a/c without engine running (drain battery though) and fast warmups in the winter.

  • i'd say this is pretty weak for BMW standards...

    i saw an article where some guy put a whole whackload of junctions on the exhaust of a mac truck and generated about 1kw.

  • ahhhahaa BMW trying to use rankine cycle with expander and now I see seebeck effect for direct heat to electric conversions. remember that it exist much better materials especially based on uranium which has enormous potential as a high temperature beta-voltaic cells.

  • u using peltier modules?? i just ordered some, wanna know about them...

  • looks like a bunch of peltiers stacked

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