Using thermoelectric element to produce electricity power from waste heat in I.C. engine and analyzing thermal stresses

Yearly, humans waste a large amount of energy as waste heat to the environment. Conservative evaluation put the amount of wasted energy at about 70%. A suitable solution is converting the energy of waste heat into electrical energy. Therm energy conversion is one viable way to convert this heat into electrical energy. Thermal power generation is based on solid-state technology without moving parts and works on the principle of the Seebeck effect. Thermoelectric modules can produce power using the cylinder block waste heat and get about 2Volte and 0.5 Ampere. This power can be generated by the energy generated from other waste heat sources such as exhaust manifolds, after which these forces are used to charge the car battery. This battery charging system reduces fuel consumption. Therefore, the project aims to produce energy from waste heat sources, reduce damaged heat emitted to the environment, and reduce fuel consumption from cars to increase engine efficiency. Then increase the temperature gradient that increases the efficiency of thermoelectric modules by covering the cylinder block side with an insulator that causes to increase in the thermoelectric output to 35%. Also, the thermal stresses will be analyzed for cylinder block using ANSYS software to check if covering cylinder block with thermoelectric modules will cause to increase in thermal stresses more than the limit standard. So, if the thermal stress is still in the standard range, its mean can cover the cylinder block by thermoelectric modules.