Automobile market is one of the most dynamically developing markets in the world. Exploitation of TERMIONA innovation development results in field of thermoelectrics may determine new stage of the development of environment friendly motor-vehicle construction. Growing interest to thermoelectric generators in automobile industry is predetermined by evident commitment of vehicle manufacturers to the improvement of energy efficiency of their products and cutting fuel expenses. Power generation system based on CERATOM® technology will allow to convert considerable portion of heat carried by vehicle exhaust gases and engine waste heat into electricity.
Heat potential of contemporary automobiles is huge: so in standard automobile engine more than 70 percent of its energy is transformed in waste heat and released via its exhaust system and heat radiator into the environment without producing any useful effect whatsoever. Integration of thermoelectric generator in automobile power system would allow to convert such waste heat into electricity hence solving the problem of automobile energy efficiency.
For the account of usage of the additional electric power that cuts work loads on power generator and the relevant drive appliances the subject extremely simple engine waste heat regeneration system being developed by TERMIONA allows to attain the reduction of fuel consumption up to as much as 10 percent. Power generation appliance based on TERMIONA thermoelectric systems may be used also for charging storage batteries. The company’s development results on recuperation of car exhaust gases result in the reduction of atmospheric carbon dioxide discharges thus cutting their undesirable impact on the environment.
In this case thermoelectric generators based on new generation thermoelectric modules developed by TERMIONA can be manufactured in kind of single unit installed directly on the automobile exhaust pipe.
