Attribution of engine thermal energy for battery management

Abstract

The need for hybrid vehicles is growing day by day. The hybrid vehicles are boon for the environment; as internal combustion engines are leading to the unhealthy environment. The biggest problem with the hybrid vehicles is the need of sources to charge batteries for the better run time. The research elucidates the use of thermal electric transducers to convert thermal energy attained by the vehicles to charge batteries. The heat is attained with the help of graphene and steel coils from heat developed at the radiator, exhaust system and brakes which provides 1.5KW energy.