In the process of producing electricity, most of the primary energy is lost in the form of thermal waste; this is an inevitable consequence of the laws of thermodynamics. Even the use of a small fraction of this thermal waste is a valuable resource of green energy. This project investigates the recovery of usual thermal waste using cheap Peltier and Seebeck modules for thermoelectric conversion.

green energy, thermoelectric conversion, Peltier, Seebeck

Presentation: oral