Work-in-Progress: Smart Automatic Regeneration of Electricity using Thermoelectric Generator Technology

Abstract

India is the third largest country in electricity production. According to SDG's goal, whole world would achieve complete green energy like solar energy, Electric vehicles (EV) and other sustainable solutions by 2030. This is the period of transformation towards green energy, green technologies and green solutions. However, one of the main disadvantages of implementing green solutions is the loss of electricity or energy in the form of heat. For example, the cars we use comes under gasoline type or combinational type with solar. The wastage of heat is nearly 65% and above in average, which is a major disadvantage, in electric and electronic devices the wastage amount is by 45-60%. This paper would give a new start for an upcoming ideology called reuse-recollection of expelled heat from the incinerator which is used in the waste to energy conversion (WTE) system. In this paper, we explain how dissipated heat is converted into electricity using thermoelectric generator (TEG) technology. Considering Electric Vehicles as an example, the result will improve capacity and life span of vehicles. In other use cases, these kinds of conversions will become the reliable source of supply and it can be applied for any electric component, system or devices. On the basis of seebeck and peltier-effect, the conversion of heat to electricity takes place directly. By using this law and effect the designed thermo electric material passes down the absorbed heat into electricity by, which wastage of current is minimized. Finally, the thermo electricity generation would become a renewable source of energy and the production of electricity can be increased by co-generation methodology. By this the wastage of heat will be minimized to ~50%. As the TEG's enter into automation the production of micro-TEG's, organic TEG's, body powered wireless device, pulse oximeter radiator can be developed.