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California98Civic · 12-08-2018, 06:07 PM

I went down the TEG rabbit hole again today in my mind and did a little reading. This is an especially tantalizing quote from an article with some good images and research summaries, too:

"The Honda system used a simple design of a thin flat rectangular box with TEGs placed on the top and bottom surfaces. Liquid cooling was used in this design. The system consisted of 32 30 mm × 30 mm TEGs and produced a maximum of approximately 500 W. The claimed fuel consumption reduction is 3%."

SOURCE: B. Orra, A. Akbarzadeha, M. Mochizukib, and R. Singhb, "A review of car waste heat recovery systems utilising thermoelectric generators and heat pipes," Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 101 (2016), 490-495.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...01128X#bib0060

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California98Civic Cyborg ECU Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Coastal Southern California Posts: 6,299 Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe Team Honda 90 day: 66.42 mpg (US) Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike 90 day: 3671.43 mpg (US) Thanks: 2,373 Thanked 2,174 Times in 1,470 Posts	I went down the TEG rabbit hole again today in my mind and did a little reading. This is an especially tantalizing quote from an article with some good images and research summaries, too: "The Honda system used a simple design of a thin flat rectangular box with TEGs placed on the top and bottom surfaces. Liquid cooling was used in this design. The system consisted of 32 30 mm × 30 mm TEGs and produced a maximum of approximately 500 W. The claimed fuel consumption reduction is 3%." SOURCE: B. Orra, A. Akbarzadeha, M. Mochizukib, and R. Singhb, "A review of car waste heat recovery systems utilising thermoelectric generators and heat pipes," Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 101 (2016), 490-495. https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...01128X#bib0060 __________________ See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.